# Piggott (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/piggott/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,701 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,789 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 181,508 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (1,635 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɪ.ɡət/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Pigott |

## Etymology

From the Old French personal name Pigot, a pet form of Pic.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Piggott in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Piggott in the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Piggott

- Lester Piggott, British champion jockey (1935–2022)
- Stuart Piggott, British archaeologist (1910-1996)

## Similar surnames

Pigott, Pickett, Puckett, Post, Paquette, Posada, Pisciotta, Paquet, Paget, Pizzuto, Peixoto, Piquet.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.