The Piano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 767 people carried this name — #30,442 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 8% from 713 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Piano surname
Topographic surname for someone who lived in a plain, from piano (“plain, flatland”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Piano» (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 412 people named Piano 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Piano.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
35 people named Piano live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 25 people named Piano 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 Limburg.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Piano.
- Pia 787 · U.S. census
- Piacentini 579 · U.S. census
- Piacentino 296 · U.S. census
- Piacenza 272 · U.S. census
- Pian 115 · U.S. census
- Piana 289 · U.S. census
- Piard 166 · U.S. census
- Piarulli 163 · U.S. census
- Piasecki 2,061 · U.S. census
- Piatek 906 · U.S. census
- Piatkowski 582 · U.S. census
- Piatti 189 · U.S. census
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