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The Pigeon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,661 people carried this name — #17,087 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,628 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,245 people named Pigeon.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 départements, most often Manche.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Manche 255
Paris 237
Ille-et-Vilaine 206
Seine-Maritime 145
Haute-Loire 123
Yvelines 113
Orne 66
Seine-et-Marne 63

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 105 people named Pigeon 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.

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

Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 36
Namur 30
Liège 12
Walloon Brabant 11
Flemish Brabant 8
Hainaut 8

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

21 people named Pigeon live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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

Vaud 9
Lucerne 6
Aargau 3
Valais 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

Pigeon in American newspapers,
1911–1923.

Newspaper page from The Bolivar County Democrat carrying the name Pigeon
The Bolivar County Democrat 1923-01-27
Newspaper page from The Brandon News carrying the name Pigeon
The Brandon News 1911-03-30
Newspaper page from The Enterprise carrying the name Pigeon
The Enterprise 1911-03-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Pigeon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Apolline Pigeon d. 1924
  • Marie Anne Victoire Pigeon 1724–1765 · mathematician
  • Robert Pigeon 1758–1824 · painter
  • Robert Pigeon 1758–1824 · painter
  • Victor Pigeon 1816–1892 · politician
  • Émile-Auber Pigeon 1829–1902 · canon

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

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