The Perrone surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,368 people carried this name — #5,463 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 6,032 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Perrone surname
Augmented form of the forename Perro which is a variant of Piero.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Perrone» (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 4,493 people named Perrone 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
408 people named Perrone live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 355 people named Perrone.
116 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 98 people named Perrone 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 Hainaut.
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 the Nordic population registers
37 people named Perrone is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Perrone in American newspapers,
1899–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Perrone,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ettore Perrone di San Martino 1789–1849 · military personnel -
Ettore Perrone di San Martino 1789–1849 · military personnel
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Giovanni Perrone 1794–1876 · theologian -
Giovanni Tommaso Perrone 1601–1677 · Catholic priest
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Franciscus Perrone 1614–1656 · Catholic priest
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Michele Perrone 1633–1693 · wood sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Perrone.
- Perrin 11,550 · U.S. census
- Perrine 5,541 · U.S. census
- Perrino 1,076 · U.S. census
- Perro 1,073 · U.S. census
- Perrodin 616 · U.S. census
- Perron 5,023 · U.S. census
- Perronne 191 · U.S. census
- Perros 101 · U.S. census
- Perrot 378 · U.S. census
- Perrotta 3,713 · U.S. census
- Perrotte 257 · U.S. census
- Perry 221,741 · U.S. census
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