# Piquet (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/piquet/  
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 French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 245 |
| US rank (2010) | 78,040 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,260,186 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (219 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From French Piquet.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Piquet 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) | 76% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 19% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Piquet in Brazil.

## People named Piquet

- Nelson Piquet, Brazilian racing driver (born 1952)
- Nelson Piquet Jr., Brazilian racing driver (born 1985)
- Kelly Piquet, Brazilian model, columnist, blogger and public relations professional
- Pedro Piquet, Brazilian racing driver

## Similar surnames

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

## 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.