The Bouton surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,459 people carried this name — #12,587 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 120,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 2,326 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bouton surname
From French bouton ("button").
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bouton» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,624 people named Bouton.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 86 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
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 195 people named Bouton 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 West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Bouton live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Bouton in American newspapers,
1904.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 75,256 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bouton,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles-Marie Bouton 1781–1853 · painter -
Nathaniel Bouton 1799–1878 · historian -
Philippe Bouton d. 1515 · poet
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Guillaume Gabriel Bouton 1730–1782 · miniature painter
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Nathan Bouton 1756–1838
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Joseph-Marie Bouton 1768–1823 · miniature painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bouton.
- Bout 136 · U.S. census
- Bouteiller 205 · U.S. census
- Boutet 194 · U.S. census
- Bouthillier 426 · U.S. census
- Boutillier 133 · U.S. census
- Boutin 3,749 · U.S. census
- Boutot 473 · U.S. census
- Boutros 916 · U.S. census
- Bouts 149 · U.S. census
- Boutte 3,241 · U.S. census
- Bouvet 188 · U.S. census
- Bouvier 1,787 · U.S. census
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