Paton is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Paton
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

See Paten - Probably the same as Paton and Peyton.

Descendant of little Pat, a pet form of Patrick meaning "noble or patrician".

Paton is the variation of Patton. Descendant of little Pat, a pet form of Patrick meaning "noble or patrician".

How popular is Paton?

Paton is common in Australia, Scotland, England, United States, Spain, Canada, Bolivia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, Honduras, Saudi Arabia, Wales, Brazil.

Paton is ranked 15817 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Paton bearers increased by 7.48 per cent in 2010 US census to 3059 since 2000, the surname slipped by 116 spots and ranked at 10491. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.48 90.16
Black 5.26 4.32
Hispanic or Latino 3.99 2.35
Others 1.47 1.79
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.31 0.84
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0.53
Paton is quite popular family name mostly used in Australia while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 35265 people have been found who wears Paton as their family name. Paton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Paton:
558 Australia6,879
125 Scotland6,193
1,558 England5,299
9,718 United States4,216
1,617 Spain3,303
2,123 Canada2,557
908 Bolivia1,439
526 New Zealand1,318
6,435 South Africa1,068
Countries with hundreds of Paton:
10,278 France905
1,012 Honduras281
17,726 Saudi Arabia239
1,580 Wales215
66,023 Brazil102
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,325 Northern Ireland100
1,297 Guyana94
40,543 Argentina76
74,985 Germany71
559 Bahamas66
133,281 Indonesia61
183,539 Thailand55
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
253,566 India49
14,059 United Arab Emirates45
34,564 Malaysia40
28,870 Papua New Guinea39
566 Jersey32
48,879 Netherlands32
7,666 Singapore30
7,171 Ireland29
41,978 Belgium29
566 Seychelles29
25,592 Switzerland25
24,079 Norway24
97,100 Iran23
22,980 Peru20
20,059 Venezuela20
173,877 Philippines19
101,748 Poland18
1,065 Isle of Man17
347,183 Russia13
893 Antigua and Barbuda12
7,200 Trinidad and Tobago12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
60,629 Slovakia10
5,799 Sudan9
81,336 Sweden9
84,476 Zimbabwe9
8,933 China8
43,211 Denmark7
105,647 Czechia6
53,861 Mexico6
55,922 Qatar6
328,556 Ukraine6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Paton worked as draper and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 37 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Hottinguer and arrived on October 9, 1848. Ann Paton, 29 years old Walter Paton, Martin Paton, aged 35, 22 years old Janet Paton, Elizabeth Paton, Ellen-Maria Paton (20) Spinster, Charles Paton (25) Saddler Maker, Helen Paton, aged 20, and 7 other Paton around 30.77% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster migrated to US.

From Germany

Desire Paton was born at sea on Nederland put out from Antwerp whose parents were originally from Germany and migrated to USA on December 12, 1881. Leo Paton, aged 21, Elise Paton, aged 22, 1 years old Paul Paton, are other Paton that migrated to US.

Paton Namesakes

  • Tam Paton, Scottish manager and primary spokesman
  • Joseph Noel Paton, Scottish artist, illustrator and sculptor
  • John Brown Paton, Scottish Congregationalist minister
  • Charlie Paton, first Scotsman to walk unsupported to the Geographic North Pole
  • George Whitecross Paton, Australian legal scholar and Vice Chancellor of Melbourne University
  • Richard Paton, British marine painter
  • Borys Paton, long-term chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
  • Evgeny Paton, Russian and Soviet engineer
  • Alan Paton, South African author and anti-apartheid activist
  • George Henry Tatham Paton, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • John Gibson Paton, Protestant missionary to the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific
  • David Paton, Scottish bassist, guitarist and singer
  • Raffaëla Paton, Dutch singer of Surinamese descent and the winner of the 2006 Dutch talent show 'Idols'
  • Jonathan Paton, former Arizona Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona's 8th District and an intelligence officer
  • Eric Paton, Scottish professional footballer
  • Florence Paton, Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
  • Bert Paton, Scottish former football player and manager
  • Paul Paton, professional footballer
  • Stuart Paton, British director

Paton Namesakes

  • Tam Paton, Scottish manager and primary spokesman
  • Joseph Noel Paton, Scottish artist, illustrator and sculptor
  • John Brown Paton, Scottish Congregationalist minister
  • Charlie Paton, first Scotsman to walk unsupported to the Geographic North Pole
  • George Whitecross Paton, Australian legal scholar and Vice Chancellor of Melbourne University
  • Richard Paton, British marine painter
  • Borys Paton, long-term chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
  • Evgeny Paton, Russian and Soviet engineer
  • Alan Paton, South African author and anti-apartheid activist
  • George Henry Tatham Paton, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • John Gibson Paton, Protestant missionary to the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific
  • David Paton, Scottish bassist, guitarist and singer
  • Raffaëla Paton, Dutch singer of Surinamese descent and the winner of the 2006 Dutch talent show 'Idols'
  • Jonathan Paton, former Arizona Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona's 8th District and an intelligence officer
  • Eric Paton, Scottish professional footballer
  • Florence Paton, Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
  • Bert Paton, Scottish former football player and manager
  • Paul Paton, professional footballer
  • Stuart Paton, British director

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