The Mazon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,138 people carried this name — #14,070 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 138,900 people counted. That is up 20% from 1,786 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Mazon surname
In Illinois, from mzan, a Potawatomi word for nettles. The surname may be from Spanish Mazón.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mazon» (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 286 people named Mazon.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Ardèche.
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 Poland’s population register
110 people named Mazon have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 136 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 98 people named Mazon live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Mazon in American newspapers,
1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,794 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mazon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Albin Mazon 1828–1908 · historian -
Paul Mazon 1874–1955 · translator -
André Mazon 1881–1967 · professor -
Louis Mazon 1921–1969 · rugby league player -
Louis Victorin Mazon 1796–1861 · official
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Jeanne Roche-Mazon 1885–1953 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mazon.
- Mazer 1,095 · U.S. census
- Mazerolle 246 · U.S. census
- Maziarz 1,123 · U.S. census
- Mazin 296 · U.S. census
- Mazmanian 318 · U.S. census
- Mazo 837 · U.S. census
- Mazur 8,733 · U.S. census
- Mazure 390 · U.S. census
- Mazurek 2,945 · U.S. census
- Mazurkiewicz 1,148 · U.S. census
- Mazy 179 · U.S. census
- Mazza 8,043 · U.S. census
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