The Pecaut surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 166 people carried this name — #107,134 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 158 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
79 people named Pecaut live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 74 people named Pecaut.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Doubs.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pecaut.
- Paz 25,574 · U.S. census
- Pazzaglia 117 · U.S. census
- Pe 582 · U.S. census
- Pean 434 · U.S. census
- Pearce 31,060 · U.S. census
- Pearson 101,836 · U.S. census
- Pech 1,877 · U.S. census
- Pechart 153 · U.S. census
- Peche 343 · U.S. census
- Pecher 276 · U.S. census
- Pechin 383 · U.S. census
- Peck 40,055 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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