Deighton Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Your Deighton ancestor may well appear as Deaton in earlier records. Taken at its root, Deighton points to “Valley farm”.

• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Other spellings include Deeton and Dayton.
• About 335 people in the United States were recorded as Deighton in 2010, placing it 60,196 on the national list. It sits among the 100,000 most common last names in the country.
• Records show Deighton as one of the forms Deaton took over time.

Heraldry and the Deighton name

Looking for a Deighton coat of arms? Arms were granted to families, not to surnames, and our research shows which heraldic tradition fits yours. Get the complete Deighton report, with a museum-style coat of arms.