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

The Py surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 186 people carried this name — #91,801 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,376 people named Py.

48 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 84 départements, most often Haute-Saône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 48
Haute-Saône 504
Hérault 174
Pyrénées-Orientales 172
Paris 141
Tarn 130
Vosges 126
Territoire de Belfort 106
Aveyron 92

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

86 people named Py live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.

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

Where they live today

Neuchâtel 30
Vaud 24
Bern 13
Geneva 9
Fribourg 6
Valais 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Py is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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