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The Picon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,135 people carried this name — #22,618 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is up 14% from 999 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,909 people named Picon 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 822
Mendoza 382
Córdoba 284
San Juan 219
City of Buenos Aires 206
Tucumán 187
La Rioja 178
Catamarca 174

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 748 people named Picon.

100 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 100
Paris 70
Savoie 68
Yonne 41
Loire 35
Hauts-de-Seine 34
Gard 33
Isère 27
Landes 27

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

29 people named Picon live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

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

Where they live today

Valais 12
Bern 6
Vaud 6
Zurich 5

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 Picon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean-Baptiste Louis Picon
    Jean-Baptiste Louis Picon 1663–1727 · politician
  • Molly Picon
    Molly Picon 1898–1992 · actor
  • Gaétan Picon 1809–1882 · inventor
  • Gaëtan Picon 1915–1976 · art historian
  • Maurice Picon 1931–2014 · physicist
  • Antoine Picon 1957– · architect

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

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Surnames next to Picon.

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