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The Pico surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,678 people carried this name — #16,944 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted. That is down 4% from 1,747 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,412 people named Pico 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 619
City of Buenos Aires 307
Mendoza 82
Córdoba 69
Santa Fe 53
Salta 47
San Juan 45
La Pampa 42

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 274 people named Pico.

122 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Hérault.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 122
Hérault 21
Hauts-de-Seine 17
Yvelines 13
Gard 12
Essonne 11
Rhône 7
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 7
Bouches-du-Rhône 7

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 Pico live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 14
Fribourg 7
Zurich 7
Vaud 6
Valais 4
Ticino 3

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 print

Pico in American newspapers,
1897–1901.

Newspaper page from The Diamond Drill carrying the name Pico
The Diamond Drill 1898-08-20
Newspaper page from The Jamesburg Record carrying the name Pico
The Jamesburg Record 1897-10-30
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Pico
Daily Kennebec Journal 1901-01-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 92,848 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Pico,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ludovico Pico della Mirandola
    Ludovico Pico della Mirandola d. 1550 · vicar general
  • Federico I Pico d. 1504 · 1480
  • Prendiparte Pico di Paolo d. 1394 · politician
  • Paolo Pico d. 1354 · politician
  • Francesco II Pico della Mirandola d. 1399 · condottiero
  • Spinetta Pico d. 1399 · condottiero

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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