Pigeron Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Pigeron Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pigeron Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2351:282,65043,409
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Pigeron Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pigeron is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pigeron? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,055,483rd most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. Pigeron is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Pigeron live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Pigeron is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 282,650. In France Pigeron is most frequent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 61 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 20 percent are found and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 10 percent are found. Beside France this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pigueron9331/
Pigeyron9310/
Pidgeron930/
Pegeron86107/
Pageron868/
Pigaron867/
Pigoron866/
Paijeron801/
Pezeron71485/
Pageran7124/
Pegaron7114/
Pegoron7111/
Pézeron713/
Pigoran711/
Pejeron711/
Piseran711/
Pugaron711/
Peguiron67171/
Péguiron6741/
Pigerham6714/
Picheran672/
Pecheron671/
Peggeran671/
Pezerron670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pigeron
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