The Piccard surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 175 people carried this name — #96,480 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Piccard surname
A French surname, Piccard.
In France, most prevalent in Savoie.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Piccard» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 81 people named Piccard 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Piccard.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Savoie.
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
41 people named Piccard live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Piccard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Paul Piccard 1844–1929 · engineer -
Jean Piccard 1884–1963 · engineer -
Jean Piccard 1884–1963 · engineer
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Jules Piccard 1811–1883 · cartographer
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Jules Piccard 1840–1933 · chemist
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Leon Piccard 1843–1917 · artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Piccard.
- Picano 299 · U.S. census
- Picard 7,898 · U.S. census
- Picardo 320 · U.S. census
- Picart 460 · U.S. census
- Picazo 2,687 · U.S. census
- Picca 235 · U.S. census
- Picchi 424 · U.S. census
- Piccin 132 · U.S. census
- Piccini 410 · U.S. census
- Piccinini 499 · U.S. census
- Piccioli 156 · U.S. census
- Piccione 1,276 · U.S. census
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