Piedmont Surname

601,015th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 517 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Piedmont Surname User-submission:

The Piedmont surname means 'foot of the mountain'. It comes from the Piedmont region, Italy, that was nestled at the foot of the Alps.

Piedmont Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4821:751,98958,734
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
England11:55,718,059489,080
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Piedmont (20) may also be a first name.

Piedmont Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Piedmont surname means 'foot of the mountain'. It comes from the Piedmont region, Italy, that was nestled at the foot of the Alps.

- preddish

The Piedmont surname means 'foot of the mountain'.

- preddish

Piedmont Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Piedmont Come From? nationality or country of origin

Piedmont occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Piedmont click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Piedmont? popularity and diffusion

The last name Piedmont is the 601,015th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,095,833 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Piedmont live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,446,817th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 20 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 482 people, or 1 in 751,989. In The United States Piedmont is most common in: New York, where 18 percent reside, California, where 12 percent reside and Virginia, where 9 percent reside. Besides The United States it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.

Piedmont Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Piedmont has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Piedmont last name grew 12,050 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Piedmont Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Piedmont surname are 3.76% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.53% registered with the political party.

The amount Piedmont earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.01% more than the national average, earning $47,037 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.28% more than the national average, earning $54,790 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piedmonte94238/
Piedmontd941/
Piedmon932/
Pidmont931/
Peidmont8810/
Pedmonte882/
Piedmond881/
Peademont821/
Peidmonte821/
Piedmante821/
Pudmont801/
Piedmann751/
Pedmonds750/
Pudmand531/

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