Peyton — Family Name, Records and Arms

Peyton is an established spelling of the English surname Payton. It is a place-based name: “From Peyton, Pæga's farm”. Peyton writes “e” in place of the “a” found in Payton, a typical scribal difference.

The 2010 US Census counted 10,276 people named Peyton, ranking it number 3,477 among American surnames. That puts it inside the top 5,000 US surnames.

Arms linked to Payton and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Peyton family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.