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The Piazza surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,311 people carried this name — #3,928 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,500 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 853 people named Piazza.

332 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 53 départements, most often Corsica.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 332
Corsica 130
Bouches-du-Rhône 70
Paris 30
Alpes-Maritimes 21
Moselle 20
Nord 20
Yvelines 20
Var 15

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

476 people named Piazza live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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Where they live today

Ticino 174
Lucerne 48
Vaud 42
Zurich 29
Bern 26
Geneva 25
Basel-Landschaft 24
Fribourg 24

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 237 people named Piazza 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 map

Where they live today

Liège 86
Hainaut 64
Namur 34
Limburg 20
Walloon Brabant 12
Flemish Brabant 11
Brussels-Capital 10

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

30 people named Piazza have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 55 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Silesian 21
Masovian 5
Pomeranian 4

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Piazza in American newspapers,
1880–1919.

Newspaper page from The Courier carrying the name Piazza
The Courier 1898-07-30
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Piazza
The Sun 1908-07-05
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Piazza
The Montgomery Advertiser 1910-07-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 180,087 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Piazza,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giulio Piazza
    Giulio Piazza 1663–1726 · Catholic priest
  • Adeodato Giovanni Piazza
    Adeodato Giovanni Piazza 1884–1957 · archbishop
  • Gian Guido Piazza
    Gian Guido Piazza 1887–1945 · association football player
  • Luis Piazza
    Luis Piazza 1908–1977 · painter
  • Zora Piazza
    Zora Piazza 1919– · actor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 186 lives in all are documented under this name.

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