Ponton

See also: ponton, and pontón

English

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Ponton (plural Pontons)

1. A surname.

Related terms

• Great Ponton
• Little Ponton

 

Statistics

• 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.

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Pon‧ton

Proper noun

Ponton n

1. A neighbourhood of Oranjestad, Aruba

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French ponton.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Ponton m (strong, genitive Pontons, plural Pontons)

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

Declension

Declension of Ponton [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ponton	die	Pontons
genitive	eines	des	Pontons	der	Pontons
dative	einem	dem	Ponton	den	Pontons
accusative	einen	den	Ponton	die	Pontons

Further reading

• “Ponton” in Duden online