Popularity of the last name by country
Ireland
- Dublin (722)
- Kilkenny (487)
- Cork (353)
- Clare (273)
- Mayo (134)
- Kildare (104)
- Leix {Queens, Laois} (99)
- Tipperary (89)
- Carlow (60)
- Offaly {Kings} (58)
- Waterford (56)
- Limerick (54)
- Wexford (51)
- Roscommon (50)
- Cavan (31)
- Donegal (31)
- Westmeath (26)
- Wicklow (26)
- Galway (24)
- Meath (20)
- Sligo (12)
- Kerry (9)
- Monoghan (5)
- Leitrim (2)
- Louth (2)
- Longford (1)
All countries
- United Kingdom (231,501)
- United States (100,828)
- Australia (7,631)
- New Zealand (7,019)
- France (6,999)
- Ireland (3,636)
- Canada (2,775)
- Unknown country (2,535)
- Netherlands (484)
- Belgium (472)
- Germany (405)
- Malta (274)
- Switzerland (234)
- Italy (224)
- Argentina (167)
- Mexico (123)
- Colombia (121)
- India (115)
- Spain (105)
- China (100)
- South Africa (90)
- Austria (78)
- Russian Federation (67)
- Sweden (65)
- Hungary (54)
- Poland (54)
- Estonia (53)
- Indonesia (53)
- Romania (53)
- Turkey (47)
- Tunisia (42)
- Finland (38)
- Sri Lanka (38)
- Philippines (38)
- Greece (33)
- Norway (33)
- Paraguay (33)
- Barbados (31)
- Jamaica (31)
- Peru (31)
Origine of last name
WALTON : English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Walton which are named with Old English walh ‘foreigner Briton serf’ (genitive plural wala) wald ‘woodland’ wall ‘wall’ or wælla ‘well spring stream’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.
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