The Piron surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 192 people carried this name — #95,115 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 190 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,279 people named Piron 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 Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,243 people named Piron.
64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 76 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
56 people named Piron live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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
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 44 people named Piron 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
22 people named Piron have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 43 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 1 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Who carried it
People named Piron,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alexis Piron 1689–1773 · writer -
Aimé Piron 1640–1727 · poet
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Guillaume Jean Piron 1748–1818 · politician
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Piron 1767–1800 · engraver
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Jean Hubert Piron 1767–1796 · draftsperson
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Jean Adrien Piron 1790–1850 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Piron.
- Pires 5,746 · U.S. census
- Pirez 154 · U.S. census
- Pirlot 178 · U.S. census
- Piro 1,775 · U.S. census
- Pirolli 363 · U.S. census
- Pirollo 207 · U.S. census
- Pirone 521 · U.S. census
- Pironti 170 · U.S. census
- Pirotte 107 · U.S. census
- Pisaneschi 170 · U.S. census
- Pisani 2,806 · U.S. census
- Pisano 4,551 · U.S. census
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