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    The surname Pichon

    A French surname, carried by 1,339 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P250

    Pichon: #19,997 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pichon #19,997, 1,339 people Pichon: #19,997 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pichon #19,997, 1,339 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pichon is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Borrowed from French Pichon.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,339 people named Pichon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,579 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,251.

    #19,997
    rank among US surnames
    1,339
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,882)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,992Couillard1,340230,407
    #19,997Jeansonne1,339230,579

    Who is named Pichon

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    41% of people named Pichon identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Black (not Hispanic) and 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 41%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 41%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.8%
    • Two or more races 4.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pichons

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marinette Pichon
      Association footballer wuilmer Devera, born 1975
    • Liz Pichon
      British artist and children's writer, born 1963
    • Enrique Pichon-Rivière
      Argentine psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and social psychologist (1907–1977)

    Notable Pichons come mostly from France (1), the United Kingdom (1) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pichon

    Pichon has the Soundex code P250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P250.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pichon come from?
    Borrowed from French Pichon.
    How common is the surname Pichon?
    1,339 people in the United States had the surname Pichon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,579 Americans. It ranked 19,997th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pichon?
    In the 2010 Census, 41% of people named Pichon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pichon?
    Marinette Pichon, Association footballer wuilmer Devera, followed by Liz Pichon.
    Where is the surname Pichon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pichon in France, the United Kingdom and Argentina.
    Is the surname Pichon getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,339 in 2010, up 7.0%.