The Pedone surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,230 people carried this name — #21,307 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,239 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pedone surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From pedone (“footsoldier”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pedone» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 387 people named Pedone live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
73 people named Pedone live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 61 people named Pedone.
Most of them — 34 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Paris.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Pedone 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 Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Pedone,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio Pedone 1899–1973 · painter
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Antonio Pedone 1936– · economist
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Mario Pedone 1950–2009 · actor
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Francesco Pedone 1968– · association football coach
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Silvia Pedone 1975– · art historian
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Massimiliano Pedone 1979– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pedone.
- Pecquet 106 · U.S. census
- Pede 203 · U.S. census
- Pedemonte 235 · U.S. census
- Peden 4,716 · U.S. census
- Pedersen 20,135 · U.S. census
- Pedini 173 · U.S. census
- Pedre 137 · U.S. census
- Pedrero 283 · U.S. census
- Pedretti 624 · U.S. census
- Pedrini 143 · U.S. census
- Pedro 6,649 · U.S. census
- Pedron 243 · U.S. census
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