Barton
An Irish surname of Dublin. In the 2010 US census it was carried by 68,233 people, the 488th most common surname in the country.
Barton is the anglicised form of two distinct Irish names. Some you can hear in the English name; others look and sound nothing like it, and were simply swapped for it.
Bartún
de Bartún
Where the name comes from
de Bartún means of Barton in England. The surname in Ireland dates back to the early part of the 13th century, though in many instances it represents more recent immigration.
Dublin, photographed
Photographs made in Dublin.
Dublin
Dublin is a county as well as a city. The bay has Howth at the north end and Killiney Hill at the south, the Muglins are a pair of rocks off Dalkey, and the Dublin Mountains start about half an hour from the city centre.
Notable bearers
Edmund Barton (1849-1920), politician, lawyer, and diplomat.
Derek Barton (1918-1998), university teacher and chemist.
Mischa Barton (born 1986), actor and model.
Joey Barton (born 1982), association football player, journalist, and association football coach.
Clara Barton (1821-1912), writer, author, and teacher.
About this page
The counties on this page are where the name was thickest on the ground in Ireland a century and a half ago, not a claim about any one family. Names moved around inside the country as much as they left it. The photographs are mine, made in the counties named.
More Irish surnames: Smith · Brown · Miller · Wilson · Anderson · Thomas · Taylor · Moore · Jackson · Martin · Lee · Thompson
How common the name was
In 1890, 20 births were registered under Barton in Ireland, most of them in Dublin and Fermanagh.
| Ulster | 10 | 50% |
|---|---|---|
| Leinster | 6 | 30% |
| Munster | 1 | 5% |
| Connacht | 0 | 0% |
| Ireland | 20 |
Fermanagh is the one I haven't worked in.