Paton

See also: paton and Patoń

English

Etymology

Scottish patronymic surname from a hypocoristic form of the personal name Patrick + Old French -on.

Proper noun

Paton (countable and uncountable, plural Patons)

1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. A city and township in Greene County, Iowa, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Paton is the 10491^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3059 individuals. Paton is most common among White (87.48%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Paton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• on tap, panto, panto-