How common is the surname Piggott?

1,701 people in the United States had the surname Piggott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,508 Americans. It ranked 16,789th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Piggott?

Lester Piggott, British champion jockey (1935–2022), followed by Stuart Piggott.

Where is the surname Piggott most common?

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

How do you pronounce Piggott?

Piggott is /ˈpɪ.ɡət/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Piggott getting more or less common?

More common. 1,635 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,701 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Piggott

A French surname, carried by 1,701 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈpɪ.ɡət/ 2 syllables Soundex P230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Piggott is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

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

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 1,701 people named Piggott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,508 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,635.

#16,789

rank among US surnames

1,701

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #16,238)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,781	Dechant	1,702	181,402
#16,789	Piggott	1,701	181,508
#16,798	Kuss	1,700	181,615

Who is named Piggott

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

73% of people named Piggott identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Piggotts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Piggotts come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Pigott

Surnames that sound like Piggott

Pigott

Piggott has the Soundex code P230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P230.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Piggott come from?: From the Old French personal name Pigot, a pet form of Pic.
How common is the surname Piggott?: 1,701 people in the United States had the surname Piggott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,508 Americans. It ranked 16,789th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Piggott?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Piggott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Piggott?: Lester Piggott, British champion jockey (1935–2022), followed by Stuart Piggott.
Where is the surname Piggott most common?: Wikidata records people named Piggott in the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Piggott?: Piggott is /ˈpɪ.ɡət/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Piggott getting more or less common?: More common. 1,635 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,701 in 2010, up 4.0%.
What are other spellings of Piggott?: Pigott.