The Piccolo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,804 people carried this name — #11,273 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 105,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,716 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Piccolo surname
A nickname from piccolo (“small, little”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Piccolo» (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 1,195 people named Piccolo 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 293 people named Piccolo.
145 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Hérault.
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
224 people named Piccolo live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 74 people named Piccolo 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.
In the Nordic population registers
21 people named Piccolo is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Piccolo in American newspapers,
1885–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 44,927 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Piccolo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Casimiro Piccolo 1894–1970 · photographer -
Lucio Piccolo 1901–1969 · poet -
Brian Piccolo 1943–1970 · American football player -
Giorgio Piccolo 1947– · politician -
Salvatore Piccolo 1948– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 60 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Piccolo.
- Piccinini 499 · 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
- Piccone 734 · U.S. census
- Pich 929 · U.S. census
- Pichard 108 · U.S. census
- Piche 2,025 · U.S. census
- Picher 149 · U.S. census
- Pichoff 169 · U.S. census
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