Last Name HORTON

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Meaning	Local: Of Horton, a township in the parish of Gisburn, Yorks; also, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, near Settle, couonty Yorks. This last name has strongly ramified in the United States. From the earlier entries it would seem that some other spots similarly styled, parents of surnames, existed in South England. Local: A town in Yorkshire England - the 'horrible' town, or the town in the ravine, from 'Horr,' a ravine.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish

Rank	335 (2000 US census)	278 (1990 US census)

Count	83,523 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

72.15%, or 60262 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
23.5%, or 19628 total occurrences, as black,
0.4%, or 334 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.69%, or 576 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.73%, or 1445 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.53%, or 1278 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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