The Mouton surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,535 people carried this name — #5,329 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 6,015 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,267 people named Mouton.
74 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 98 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 1,514 people named Mouton 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 East 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
50 people named Mouton live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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
Mouton in American newspapers,
1887–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 47,938 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mouton,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles Mouton 1617–1650 · composer -
George Mouton 1770–1838 · politician -
Régis Barthélemy Mouton-Duvernet 1770–1816 · politician -
Alexandre Mouton 1804–1885 · lawyer -
Eugène Mouton 1823–1902 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 118 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mouton.
- Moury 158 · U.S. census
- Mousel 406 · U.S. census
- Moussa 2,139 · U.S. census
- Mousseau 1,350 · U.S. census
- Moussette 198 · U.S. census
- Moutinho 214 · U.S. census
- Mouzon 1,465 · U.S. census
- Moy 8,781 · U.S. census
- Moya 18,071 · U.S. census
- Moyal 288 · U.S. census
- Moyano 661 · U.S. census
- Moye 7,657 · U.S. census
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