Aton
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/əˈtɑn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Aton is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of Eaton.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 16K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 587K
- BZBelize≈1 in 70K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 161 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 16K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Old EnglishEatun“homestead by a river or on an island”(inferred from the name graph)via Eaton
- Old English rootea“river”(inferred from the name graph)via Eaton
Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.
Variant of Eaton.
Sources 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Aton counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈7,000 est. | ≈1 in 16K | listed | Aton | 58 |
| US United States | 567 | 1 in 587K | 570 | Aton | 161 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 102K | — | Aton | 14 |
| IT Italy | ≈98 est. | ≈1 in 637K | — | Aton | 5 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈95 est. | ≈1 in 695K | — | Aton | 26 |
| CL Chile | ≈39 est. | ≈1 in 468K | 1 | Aton | 11 |
| SG Singapore | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 498K | — | Aton | 5 |
| BZ Belize | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 70K | — | Aton | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Aton is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Akan, tore-b5a, atontroboa, pL n-, gnat, small fly. Mt 23,24
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In Romansh, autumn, fall
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, unaccented
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In zbw, arrange
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In odt, to feed
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, " Atóna, la persona bien aseada y compuesta" Iz UrrAnz . " Atton, attona da, (la tal abuela) es curiosa, pulcra. Aton, atóna, (persona) aseada pulcra" Iz ArOñ . Cf. atondu .
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Aton EdwardsAmerican sustainability expert
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 570 | #41,199 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 567 | #38,902 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 558 | #37,534 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Aton mean, and where does it come from?
- Variant of Eaton. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Aton?
- A machine transcription gives /əˈtɑn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Aton have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.0 thousand people named Aton in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aton.
- How common is the name Aton?
- In the United States, the national register counted 567 people named Aton in 2010, about 1 in 587 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/atonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aton”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.