The Patron surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,754 people carried this name — #16,407 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 169,500 people counted. That is up 16% from 1,506 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 882 people named Patron.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 58 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 766 people named Patron 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
276 people named Patron have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 321 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 49 people named Patron 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
104 people named Patron are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Patron,
with a public archive behind them.
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Albert Patron 1969– · composer -
Marie de Lourdes Patron d. 1967
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Jean-Baptiste Charles Patron 1810–1881 · historian
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Thérèse Agnes Franzoni 1856–1931 · painter
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Luis Patrón Costas 1873–1952
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Elena Patron 1933–2021 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Patron.
- Patri 222 · U.S. census
- Patriarca 513 · U.S. census
- Patrice 254 · U.S. census
- Patrie 528 · U.S. census
- Patrin 158 · U.S. census
- Patrizi 362 · U.S. census
- Patrone 728 · U.S. census
- Patruno 342 · U.S. census
- Patry 493 · U.S. census
- Patte 107 · U.S. census
- Patterson 205,423 · U.S. census
- Patti 3,899 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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