The Pernot surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 149 people carried this name — #116,829 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 148 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,077 people named Pernot.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 81 départements, most often Jura.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 47 people named Pernot 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
37 people named Pernot live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
Who carried it
People named Pernot,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hubert Pernot 1870–1946 · university teacher -
Maurice Pernot 1875–1948 · writer -
Georges Pernot 1879–1962 · lawyer -
Henri Pernot du Breuil 1899–1982 · equestrian -
Joannes Pernot d. 1887
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Louis Gabriel Angélique Pernot de Fontenoy 1772–1841 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pernot.
- Perl 2,150 · U.S. census
- Perles 179 · U.S. census
- Perlin 497 · U.S. census
- Perna 3,467 · U.S. census
- Perney 116 · U.S. census
- Pernice 696 · U.S. census
- Pero 2,239 · U.S. census
- Peron 566 · U.S. census
- Perona 664 · U.S. census
- Perone 1,650 · U.S. census
- Peroni 315 · U.S. census
- Perot 574 · U.S. census
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