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The Perona surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 664 people carried this name — #34,185 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 1% from 673 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,136 people named Perona 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 439
San Juan 251
Córdoba 215
Santa Fe 69
City of Buenos Aires 63
San Luis 28
Mendoza 20
Salta 19

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 321 people named Perona.

65 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Var.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 65
Var 65
Alpes-Maritimes 49
Bouches-du-Rhône 42
Hauts-de-Seine 22
Loire 20
Rhône 10
Vaucluse 6
Isère 6

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

24 people named Perona live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.

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

Where they live today

Fribourg 8
Neuchâtel 5
Zurich 5
Bern 3
Vaud 3

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 Perona,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Paolo Perona
    Paolo Perona 1902–1969 · architect
  • Pietro Perona
    Pietro Perona 1961– · computer scientist
  • Jaume Perona 1747–1811
  • Pietro Perona 1801–2000
  • John B. Perona 1920–2009 · entomologist
  • Renato Perona 1927–1984 · sport cyclist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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