Ponton

Three main origins:

• English and Scottish habitational surname, from the villages of Great and Little Ponton, named probably with an obscure Old English word pamp (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
• Borrowed from French Ponton.
• Borrowed from Spanish Pontón.

Ponton (plural Pontons)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ponton is the 13255^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2303 individuals. Ponton is most common among White (63.35%), Black/African American (16.67%) and Hispanic/Latino (15.33%) individuals.

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

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• Hyphenation: Pon‧ton

Ponton n

1. A neighbourhood of Oranjestad, Aruba.

Borrowed from French ponton.

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Ponton m (strong, genitive Pontons, plural Pontons)

1. pontoon (floating structure supporting a bridge or dock)

• “Ponton” in Duden online