# Ponton (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,303 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,255 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 134,062 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (2,230 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Three main origins: * English and Scottish habitational surname, from the villages of Great and Little Ponton, named probably with an obscure Old English word pamp (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * Borrowed from French Ponton. * Borrowed from Spanish Pontón.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ponton 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) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 15% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Similar surnames

Penton, Panton, Pantano.

## 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.