The Piccinini surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 499 people carried this name — #43,285 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is down 1% from 505 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Piccinini surname
Piccinini: a surname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Piccinini» (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 1,358 people named Piccinini 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 153 people named Piccinini.
55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Corsica.
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 Piccinini 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 21 people named Piccinini 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 Hainaut.
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.
Who carried it
People named Piccinini,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Alessandro Piccinini 1567–1638 · composer
-
Filippo Piccinini 1575–1648 · composer
-
Daniele Piccinini 1830–1889 · garibaldino
-
Prassitele Piccinini 1876–1950 · physician
-
Prassitele Piccinini 1876–1950 · physician
-
Antonio Piccinini 1884–1924 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Piccinini.
- Picazo 2,687 · U.S. census
- Picca 235 · U.S. census
- Piccard 175 · U.S. census
- Picchi 424 · U.S. census
- Piccin 132 · U.S. census
- Piccini 410 · U.S. census
- Piccioli 156 · U.S. census
- Piccione 1,276 · U.S. census
- Piccirillo 2,066 · U.S. census
- Picco 621 · U.S. census
- Piccoli 697 · U.S. census
- Piccolo 2,804 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Piccinini is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.