# Paton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/paton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,059 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,491 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 100,930 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.5% (2,846 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Scottish patronymic surname from a hypocoristic form of the personal name Patrick + Old French -on.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Paton in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Paton in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Paton

- Joseph Noel Paton, British artist (1821-1901)
- Angela Paton, American actor, stage actor and television actor (1930-2016)
- Stuart Paton, British director, screenwriter and actor (1883-1944)

## Similar surnames

Patton, Payton, Patino, Patten, Peyton, Patin, Peden, Paden, Putney, Padden, Pedone, Padin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.