The Pirotte surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 107 people carried this name — #152,628 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 4% from 112 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,788 people named Pirotte 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 139 people named Pirotte.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Ardennes.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Pirotte,
with a public archive behind them.
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Olivier Pirotte 1699–1764 · poet
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Julia Pirotte 1907–2000 · photographer
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Jean Pirotte 1912–1978 · teacher
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Huguette Pirotte 1924–1983
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Nestor Pirotte 1933–2000 · serial killer
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Jean-Claude Pirotte 1939–2014 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pirotte.
- Piro 1,775 · U.S. census
- Pirolli 363 · U.S. census
- Pirollo 207 · U.S. census
- Piron 192 · U.S. census
- Pirone 521 · U.S. census
- Pironti 170 · U.S. census
- Pisaneschi 170 · U.S. census
- Pisani 2,806 · U.S. census
- Pisano 4,551 · U.S. census
- Pisapia 272 · U.S. census
- Piscione 209 · U.S. census
- Pisciotta 1,602 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pirotte is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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