Pont surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Pont surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 502 people carried this name — #43,077 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is down 5% from 526 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,252 people named Pont.

96 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 85 départements, most often Saône-et-Loire.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 96
Saône-et-Loire 192
Pas-de-Calais 189
Finistère 165
Ariège 150
Ain 138
Paris 97
Isère 91
Aude 75

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 636 people named Pont 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 Mendoza.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Mendoza 134
Buenos Aires Province 113
Corrientes 83
Chaco 65
City of Buenos Aires 62
Córdoba 58
San Juan 40
Neuquén 37

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

355 people named Pont live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Valais 163
Vaud 57
Geneva 54
Fribourg 19
Bern 18
Zurich 11
Neuchâtel 10
Ticino 5

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 43 people named Pont 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

West Flanders 18
Namur 14
Antwerp 11

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Pont,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Manel Pont i Bosch d. 2010 · priest
  • Pere Pont 1485–1545 · Catholic bishop
  • Gratien Du Pont 1500–1540 · writer
  • Robert Pont 1524–1606 · Christian minister
  • Timothy Pont 1560–1614 · mathematician
  • Andreu Pont 1606–1653 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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