Ponton
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: from Ponton; first attested Nicholas de Ponton 1221-2 FFK
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈpɑntən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ponton is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- COColombia≈1 in 30K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 113K
- USUnited States1 in 144K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 279 (measured from records)
- 1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)
2,303 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Ponton; first attested Nicholas de Ponton 1221-2 FFK
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
How Ponton is read(measured from records)
Ponton is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English57%
from Ponton; first attested Nicholas de Ponton 1221-2 FFK
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
- Spanish23%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Ponton in Spanish.
- French9.9%
Nom de plusieurs localités de diverses régions de France.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ponton 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 2,303 | 1 in 144K | 2.3K | Ponton | 279 |
| CO Colombia | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Ponton | 53 |
| FR France | ≈930 est. | ≈1 in 73K | 116 | — | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 113K | 426 | Ponton | 104 |
| ES Spain | 532 | 1 in 94K | 532 | Ponton | 50 |
| CU Cuba | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Ponton | 3 |
| UY Uruguay | 245 | 1 in 14K | 245 | Ponton | 13 |
| IE Ireland | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 51K | — | Ponton | 1 |
| GY Guyana | 18 | 1 in 42K | 18 | — | 1 |
2,303 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Ponton is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, forma dialetal setentrional, redução de Pontone
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In Hungarian, pontoon, a floating structure supporting a bridge or dock
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, pontoon (floating structure supporting a bridge or dock)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Dutch, a neighbourhood of Oranjestad, Aruba
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mungo Pontonb. 1801GBBritish photography pioneer (1801–1880)
- Lionel Pontonb. 1930CAprofessor of philosophy at Université Laval (1930-2008)
- Yvan Pontonb. 1945CACanadian actor
- Grant Pontonb. 1952CACanadian; artist (born 1952)
- Philippe Pontonb. 1959FRFrench politician
- Michaël Pontonb. 1975FRFrench guitarist
- Marnie Pontonb. 1984AUAustralian long-distance runner
- Lucas Pontonb. 2007FRFrench actor
- Rhys PontonGBclinical pharmacist in New Zealand
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.3K | #13,255 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.2K | #12,716 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2K | #14,125 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 532 | #7,606 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 532 | #7,592 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 426 | #12,826 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 245 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 148 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 140 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 133 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 123 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 119 | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Ponton mean, and where does it come from?
- from Ponton; first attested Nicholas de Ponton 1221-2 FFK Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Ponton?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈpɑntən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Ponton have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.3 thousand people named Ponton, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ponton.
- Where is Ponton most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ponton is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 14 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Ponton?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,303 people named Ponton in 2010, about 1 in 144 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/pontonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Ponton”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.