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    The surname Piquet

    A French surname, carried by 245 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P230

    Piquet: #78,040 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Piquet #78,040, 245 people Piquet: #78,040 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Piquet #78,040, 245 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Piquet is more common than 51.9% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Piquet.

    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 245 people named Piquet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,260,186 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 219.

    #78,040
    rank among US surnames
    245
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.9%
    change since 2000 (was #80,502)

    Who is named Piquet

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

    76% of people named Piquet identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Piquets

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1988
    • Pedro Piquet
      Brazilian racing driver, born 1998

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Piquet

    Piquet 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 Piquet come from?
    From French Piquet.
    How common is the surname Piquet?
    245 people in the United States had the surname Piquet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,260,186 Americans. It ranked 78,040th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Piquet?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Piquet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Piquet?
    Nelson Piquet, Brazilian racing driver (born 1952), followed by Nelson Piquet Jr..
    Where is the surname Piquet most common?
    Wikidata records people named Piquet in Brazil.
    Is the surname Piquet getting more or less common?
    More common. 219 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 245 in 2010, up 12%.