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The Peyrot surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 130 people carried this name — #130,610 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 10% from 118 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Peyrot surname

A surname from Occitan.

Borrowed from Occitan [Term?].

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Peyrot» (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 2,074 people named Peyrot.

31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 départements, most often Creuse.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 31
Creuse 317
Haute-Vienne 269
Paris 156
Loire 130
Dordogne 109
Ardèche 86
Gironde 62
Charente 61

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 176 people named Peyrot 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 106
Salta 20
Río Negro 16
Tucumán 14
City of Buenos Aires 10
Entre Ríos 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

52 people named Peyrot 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

Geneva 22
St. Gallen 14
Zurich 7
Vaud 5
Thurgau 4

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 Peyrot,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joan Claudi Peiròt
    Joan Claudi Peiròt 1709–1795 · writer
  • Jean Peyrot
    Jean Peyrot 1843–1917 · politician
  • Isaac Etienne Peyrot 1764–1848 · politician
  • David Peyrot 1831–1890
  • Bartolomeo Peyrot 1836–1920 · mountaineer
  • Giulio Peyrot 1843–1896 · lawyer

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

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