The Pichon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,339 people carried this name — #19,997 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,251 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 9,418 people named Pichon.
113 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 départements, most often Finistère.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 291 people named Pichon 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 Río Negro.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 155 people named Pichon 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
137 people named Pichon live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pichon.
- 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
- Pick 3,442 · U.S. census
- Pico 1,678 · U.S. census
- Picolo 124 · U.S. census
- Picon 1,135 · U.S. census
- Picone 2,278 · U.S. census
- Picot 343 · U.S. census
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