Pecoraro surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Pecoraro surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,246 people carried this name — #9,238 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 83,300 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 223 people named Pecoraro.

Most of them — 150 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 150
Bouches-du-Rhône 15
Nord 10
Moselle 10
Haute-Savoie 5
Alpes-Maritimes 4
Haute-Garonne 4
Doubs 3
Loire-Atlantique 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

197 people named Pecoraro live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 45
Zurich 34
Aargau 23
Basel-Landschaft 18
Valais 17
Schwyz 11
Vaud 7
Basel-Stadt 6

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 155 people named Pecoraro live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 138
Limburg 7
Walloon Brabant 5
Hainaut 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Pecoraro is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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