The Baton surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 372 people carried this name — #52,403 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 741 people named Baton.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 16

Nord 109

Oise 98

Paris 63

Loire 36

Somme 35

Ille-et-Vilaine 34

Calvados 33

Yvelines 30

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 127 people named Baton live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Hainaut 117

East Flanders 5

Limburg 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

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