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

The Piquet surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 245 people carried this name — #78,040 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 12% from 219 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,940 people named Piquet.

37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 96 départements, most often Morbihan.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 37
Morbihan 330
Paris 314
Pas-de-Calais 296
Haute-Vienne 286
Mayenne 152
Seine-Maritime 152
Dordogne 145
Manche 118

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 227 people named Piquet 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 189
Entre Ríos 28
City of Buenos Aires 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named Piquet live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 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 14
Geneva 8
Vaud 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.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 26 people named Piquet 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

Hainaut 17
West Flanders 9

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

Who carried it

People named Piquet,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jaume Piquet i Piera
    Jaume Piquet i Piera 1839–1896 · writer
  • Hippolyte Piquet 1815–1886 · politician
  • John Piquet 1825–1912 · botanist
  • Félix Piquet 1855–1943 · translator
  • Julio Piquet 1861–1944 · writer
  • Charles Piquet 1868–1914 · physician

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

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