Pigott Surname

62,608th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,016 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Pigott Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Pigot' or 'Picot'; v. Pickett. The personal name Pigot without surname occurs in the Hundred Rolls; no doubt a variant of Picot.

'De dono Pigoti et Reginaldi': Hundred Rolls.

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Pigott Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,0521:89,45210,063
England1,8241:30,5474,097
Ireland5791:8,1331,141
Australia5711:47,2785,917
Canada3931:93,75510,242
Antigua and Barbuda2021:49184
New Zealand1031:43,9647,284
Scotland631:84,9816,133
Wales301:103,1518,167
Northern Ireland271:68,3354,994
France231:2,887,944200,772
New Caledonia211:13,1533,514
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Jamaica121:239,1626,359
United States Virgin Islands111:10,0341,440
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Guyana51:152,4449,017
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland5631:7,8681,205
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9691:25,1553,474
Scotland361:103,9785,126
Wales121:130,7015,289
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5031:99,83810,142

Pigott Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Pigot' or 'Picot'; v. Pickett. The personal name Pigot without surname occurs in the Hundred Rolls; no doubt a variant of Picot.

'De dono Pigoti et Reginaldi': Hundred Rolls.

Astin Pigot, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Richard Pigot, Lincolnshire, ibid.

Robert Pigod, Salop, ibid.

The parish of Framlingham Pigot, Norfolk, is in Brome- field's History of Norfolk (v. 435) headed Framlingham Picot.

Thomas Pygot, or Picot, Norfolk, 1434: History of Norfolk.

The popular form in Norfolk is Pickett, which see.

1561. Richard Piggotte: Register of the University of Oxford.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From NF. personal name Picot, diminutive of Pic. Roger Picot was an undertenant in England, 1086 (Ewen, p. 89). Donald Piggotis (or Donald Peget) had a charter of lands in the sheriffdoms of Berwick and Aberdeen from David 11 (RMS., I, App. II, 995). Abraham Pyghot, reidare at Kerymure, 1574 (RMR.). Abraham Pigott, notary in St. Andrews diocese, 1610 (Laing, 1583), and Gilbert Piggat was messenger in Edinburgh, 1686 (RPC., 3. ser. XII, p. 233). Payment to Margaret Piggot, in Edinburgh, 1719 (Guildry, p. 122). Peggot 1736.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

1 the French Pigot, Pigat, Piguet, denoted individuals whose faces were spotted or pitted [from Old French pigue, pockmarked, freckled, etc., with diminutive suff. -ot, -at, -et] 2 for Picot: v. under Picket(t.

Pygot occurs in Leland’s supposed copy of the Roll of Battle Abbey; Pigot in Holinshed’s copy; and Pigot is the usual form in the Hundred-Rolls.

A 15th-cent. Thomas Pygot, of Norfolk, was also known as Picot.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Pointed” - in Old French.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

From the French, Pegeaud, Pegot, Pichot, Picot; from the German, Pigotta; in the Domesday Book, Picot, Pecoe; personal name See Peake. Reginald Pigot held lands in Norfolk temp. King John.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Pigott is a name also represented by Piggott in Herts, Beds, and Berks, in which last county Pigot also occurs. In the 13th century Pikot was a common name in Cambridgeshire, and Pigot and Picot were frequent in.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Piggott is a name that has been represented amongst all classes in this county for many centuries, its early form in the 14th. century being sometimes Picot or Picote. Further particulars concerning the past and present distribution of this ancient name are given under the Pigotts of Cambridgeshire.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Pigott Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 563 (1901)

Religious Adherence
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Pigott Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pigott is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pigott? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 62,608th most common last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 909,125 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Pigott reside; 54 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 4,052 people, or 1 in 89,452. In The United States Pigott is most numerous in: Mississippi, where 10 percent reside, Florida, where 9 percent reside and New York, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The United States Pigott is found in 42 countries. It also occurs in England, where 23 percent reside and Ireland, where 7 percent reside.

Pigott Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pigott has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 806 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 188 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 103 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 175 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pigott Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Pigott last name is predominantly Catholic (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Pigott last name are 1.15% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.08% being registered with the political party.

The amount Pigott earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.18% more than the national average, earning 364,013 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 169.62% more than the national average, earning R 640,728 per year; in United States they earn 3.56% more than the national average, earning $44,685 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.99% more than the national average, earning $54,148 CAD per year.

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