The Ton surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,667 people carried this name — #7,167 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 63,300 people counted. That is up 26% from 3,696 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 70 people named Ton.
Most of them — 55 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
41 people named Ton live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Ton 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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 the Nordic population registers
51 people named Ton is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Ton in American newspapers,
1909–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,976,761 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ton,
with a public archive behind them.
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Necmi Ton d. 2024 · basketball player
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John Ton 1826–1896 · abolitionist
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John Ton 1826–1896 · abolitionist
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Karel Ton 1918–
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Andy Ton 1962– · ice hockey player
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Andy Ton 1962– · ice hockey player
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ton.
- Tomei 1,045 · U.S. census
- Tomi 111 · U.S. census
- Tomic 726 · U.S. census
- Tommasi 279 · U.S. census
- Tommasini 143 · U.S. census
- Tommasino 158 · U.S. census
- Tonarelli 121 · U.S. census
- Tonda 159 · U.S. census
- Tondini 107 · U.S. census
- Tondre 313 · U.S. census
- Tonelli 1,041 · U.S. census
- Tonello 202 · U.S. census
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