Coulon

surname · Latin script

Meaning: synonym of Calavon

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/kulɔ̃/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Coulon is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BEBelgium1 in 9.2K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 77K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈13,000 people, est.

Sources
306 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.0K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

synonym of Calavon

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Coulon counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Coulon is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France#236≈13,000 est.≈1 in 5K1.6KCoulon306
CN China—≈3,800 est.≈1 in 363K—Coulon3
BE Belgium#6881,2741 in 9.2K1.3KCoulon64
US United States—9531 in 349K1.1KCoulon132
AR Argentina—2311 in 197K231——
GB United Kingdom—≈230 est.≈1 in 293K—Coulon44
CH Switzerland—1091 in 77K109Coulon34

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Coulon is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Calavon

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Chile, United States, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Coulón, Cóûlóñ, Coulòn

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Coulón

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Nicolas Antoine II Coulon de Villiers, b. 1708Joseph Coulon de Jumonville, b. 1718Jean-François Coulon, b. 1764Georges Coulon, b. 1838Eugène Coulon, b. 1874Johnny Coulon, b. 1889René Coulon, b. 1908Pierre Coulon, b. 1913Jean-Michel Coulon, b. 1920Gérard Coulon, b. 1945

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMadame, Monsieur,Dear Coulon, (English)
InformalMadame, Monsieur,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Coulon
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19512.5K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19612.3K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19412.2K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19712K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19812K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19212K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19311.8K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19911.6K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19011.6K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19111.4K—
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20081.3K#970
BE BelgiumStatbel — Noms de famille (family names)—1.2K#1,067

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Coulon mean, and where does it come from?
synonym of Calavon Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Coulon?
A machine transcription gives /kulɔ̃/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Coulon have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Coulon in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled coulon.
How common is the name Coulon?
In Belgium, the national register counted 1,274 people named Coulon in 2008, about 1 in 9.2 thousand residents.
How common is Coulon compared with other names?
In France, Coulon is the 236th most common surname of 1,200,812 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Coulon” — the 236th most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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