The Picou surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,982 people carried this name — #14,933 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 149,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,963 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 487 people named Picou.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 31 people named Picou 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 print
Picou in American newspapers,
1878–1895.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,513 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Picou,
with a public archive behind them.
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Scholastique Picou Breaux 1796–
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Henri-Pierre Picou 1824–1895 · painter
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Eugène Charles Picou 1831–1914 · painter
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Picou.
- 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
- Picquet 290 · U.S. census
- Picton 380 · U.S. census
- Pie 279 · U.S. census
- Piechocki 681 · U.S. census
- Piechota 454 · U.S. census
- Piechowiak 229 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Picou is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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