Pigeron Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Pigeron Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 235 | 1:282,650 | 43,409 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pigueron | 93 | 31 | / |
| Pigeyron | 93 | 10 | / |
| Pidgeron | 93 | 0 | / |
| Pegeron | 86 | 107 | / |
| Pageron | 86 | 8 | / |
| Pigaron | 86 | 7 | / |
| Pigoron | 86 | 6 | / |
| Paijeron | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pezeron | 71 | 485 | / |
| Pageran | 71 | 24 | / |
| Pegaron | 71 | 14 | / |
| Pegoron | 71 | 11 | / |
| Pézeron | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pigoran | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pejeron | 71 | 1 | / |
| Piseran | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pugaron | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peguiron | 67 | 171 | / |
| Péguiron | 67 | 41 | / |
| Pigerham | 67 | 14 | / |
| Picheran | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pecheron | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peggeran | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pezerron | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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