Find out how popular the last name Newlon is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Newlon.

Newlon, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Newlon surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Newlon in America

Newlon is the 16555th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Newlon surname appeared 1,734 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Newlon.

We can also compare 2010 data for Newlon to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Newlon

The surname Newlon is believed to have originated in England during the late medieval period. It is thought to be a locational name derived from a place called Newland, which was a township near Woodkirk in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The earliest recorded spelling of the surname dates back to 1379, when it appeared as Neuland in the Poll Tax Returns of Yorkshire.

The name Newlon is derived from the Old English words "niwe" meaning "new" and "land" referring to a newly cultivated or settled area of land. This suggests that the name may have been given to someone who lived in or came from a newly established settlement or a recently cleared and cultivated area.

In the Domesday Book of 1086, a record of landholdings across England commissioned by William the Conqueror, there are several entries for places with similar names such as Niwelande and Neuuelande, which may be related to the origin of the Newlon surname.

One of the earliest recorded bearers of the name was John de Neuland, who was mentioned in the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield in Yorkshire in 1315. Another early reference is found in the Yorkshire Inquisitions of 1370, where a Richard de Newland is mentioned.

Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals with the surname Newlon. One of the earliest recorded was William Newlon (c. 1560-1635), an English clergyman who served as the Rector of Middleton Cheney in Northamptonshire. Another was John Newlon (1617-1692), a Puritan minister and one of the founders of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts in the United States.

In the 18th century, there was Samuel Newlon (1725-1804), an American farmer and soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War. In the 19th century, William Newlon (1829-1912) was a prominent businessman and founder of the Newlon Milling Company in Indiana.

More recently, Ralph Newlon (1891-1976) was an American architect who designed several notable buildings in Ohio, including the Lakewood Civic Auditorium and the St. Clair Avenue Methodist Church.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Newlon

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Newlon.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Newlon was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Newlon has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Newlon was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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