Pierret surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Pierret surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 307 people carried this name — #64,721 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 293 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,777 people named Pierret.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 76 départements, most often Aisne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Aisne 254
Meurthe-et-Moselle 198
Ardennes 192
Paris 168
Marne 161
Meuse 114
Moselle 84
Haute-Marne 79

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 773 people named Pierret 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 Luxembourg Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 500
Namur 85
Brussels-Capital 43
Liège 41
Flemish Brabant 35
Walloon Brabant 33
Hainaut 31
East Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

35 people named Pierret live in Switzerland.

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

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

Where they live today

Fribourg 19
Vaud 9
Geneva 4
Zurich 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.

Who carried it

People named Pierret,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Paul Pierret
    Paul Pierret 1836–1916 · conservator
  • Jean-François Pierret 1738–1796 · judge
  • Joseph Nicolas Pierret 1758–1825 · politician
  • Savinien Pierret 1798–1852 · musician
  • Joseph Louis Pierret 1801–1868 · politician
  • Alexandre Pierret 1814–1850 · lepidopterist

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

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Surnames next to Pierret.

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