The Pons surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,129 people carried this name — #13,165 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 126,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 10,012 people named Pons.
1,438 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 100 départements, most often Hérault.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
180 people named Pons live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 64 people named Pons 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 Liège.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pons.
- Ponce 35,400 · U.S. census
- Poncelet 287 · U.S. census
- Poncet 103 · U.S. census
- Poncin 163 · U.S. census
- Poncy 108 · U.S. census
- Pone 459 · U.S. census
- Ponson 199 · U.S. census
- Pont 526 · U.S. census
- Ponte 2,465 · U.S. census
- Pontello 182 · U.S. census
- Pontes 991 · U.S. census
- Ponthier 255 · U.S. census
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