The Petion surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 663 people carried this name — #34,223 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 52% from 436 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Petion surname
Borrowed from French Petion. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Petion» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 108 people named Petion.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Yonne.
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.
Who carried it
People named Petion,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bernard Petion 1945– · politician
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Petion.
- Peter 9,191 · U.S. census
- Petermann 1,025 · U.S. census
- Peters 137,513 · U.S. census
- Petersen 58,480 · U.S. census
- Petesch 216 · U.S. census
- Petet 179 · U.S. census
- Petit 6,090 · U.S. census
- Petite 904 · U.S. census
- Petitfils 108 · U.S. census
- Petitfrere 1,298 · U.S. census
- Petithomme 931 · U.S. census
- Petitjean 550 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Petion 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.