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

The Pion surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 829 people carried this name — #28,729 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 801 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,197 people named Pion.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 départements, most often Indre.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Indre 284
Paris 187
Loire 168
Côte-d’Or 129
Somme 104
Isère 68
Gironde 64
Aisne 62

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

40 people named Pion 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 20
Geneva 13
Aargau 4
Schwyz 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 Argentina’s national register

At least 23 people named Pion 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 23

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Pion,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Élisabeth Pion
    Élisabeth Pion 1814–1855
  • Louis Pion 1851–1934 · photographer
  • Pio Pion 1887–1965 · entrepreneur
  • Pio Pion 1887–1965 · entrepreneur
  • Bernard Pion 1929–2020 · politician
  • Gilbert Pion 1936– · researcher

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Pion.

When the index is not enough

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