The Petitjean surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 550 people carried this name — #39,887 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 15% from 477 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Petitjean surname
From petit (“little”) + Jean (“John”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Petitjean» (French), 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 6,183 people named Petitjean.
81 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 90 départements, most often Vosges.
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 765 people named Petitjean 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 Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
141 people named Petitjean live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Petitjean,
with a public archive behind them.
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Edmond Marie Petitjean 1844–1925 · painter -
Hippolyte Petitjean 1854–1929 · painter -
Jacques Petitjean 1500–1600 · organist
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François Petitjean 1741–1794 · military officer
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Claude-Lazare Petitjean 1748–1794 · politician
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Antonin d'Avrecourt 1807–1871 · playwright
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Petitjean.
- Petion 663 · 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
- Petitpas 184 · U.S. census
- Petitti 645 · U.S. census
- Petkovic 296 · U.S. census
- Peton 141 · U.S. census
- Petra 270 · U.S. census
- Petras 1,562 · U.S. census
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