Pigeon is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pigeon
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Name this everywhere in France but especially in the Ille-et-Vilaine. It's a nickname related to the bird (Latin pipionem), difficult to interpret. One can certainly consider it as a derogatory nickname (= naive character, credulous) but this sense is attested until the late fifteenth century. It is therefore rather a farmer or merchant squab. I tell youngsters as this was the meaning of the thirteenth century (where the pigeon was still called Coulom, Columbus).

How popular is Pigeon?

Pigeon is common in United States.

Pigeon is ranked 40859 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Pigeon bearers increased by 2.027027 per cent in 2010 US census to 1661 since 2000, the surname slipped by 794 spots and ranked at 17087. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.7 81.63
American Indian and Alaska Native 10.54 12.16
Others 3.25 2.89
Hispanic or Latino 2.83 1.78
Pigeon is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Saint Pierre and Miquelon is ahead in terms of density. Around 11952 people have been found who wears Pigeon as their family name. Pigeon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,438 China5
19,865 Iran3
22,232 Morocco3
14,078 Japan3
4,164 Vietnam2
24,269 Peru2
26,123 Malaysia2
24,766 Scotland2
34,572 Israel2
5,936 Bahrain2
139,444 Brazil2
19,046 Ireland2
15,162 Costa Rica1
799 British Virgin Islands1
3,952 Yemen1
18,969 Wales1
34,581 Chile1
14,644 Tunisia1
810,193 Indonesia1
62,864 New Zealand1
3,307 Malta1
37,779 Serbia1
2,374 Bermuda1
10,958 Bangladesh1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
174,544 Czech Republic1
846 American Samoa1
25,721 Egypt1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
3,071 Jersey1
14,373 Jordan1
28,365 Kenya1
6,688 Malawi1
9,498 Iceland1
20,172 Hungary1
8,268 Mauritius1
16,640 Hong Kong1
172,258 Germany1
118,015 Netherlands1
2,724 New Caledonia1
3,214 Niger1
58,885 Poland1
4,171 Rwanda1
116 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1
3,993 El Salvador1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
285,118 India39
63,662 Spain26
85,784 Australia19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
17,456 Switzerland63
1,061 Luxembourg53
Countries with hundreds of Pigeon:
9,569 Mexico497
8,267 Belgium223
30,207 England151
39,125 South Africa128
Countries with thousands of Pigeon:
1,502 France4,482
1,211 Canada4,183
16,375 United States2,024
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Ellen Pigeon was 20 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 19, 1849. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as immigrant and took China from Liverpool. Patrick Pigeon (17) Workman, Workman Lawrence Pigeon, 33 years old Bridget Pigeon, Workman Thomas Pigeon, James Pigeon (26) Workman, Workman Peter Pigeon, John Pigeon, aged 38, Farmer Owen Pigeon, are others that migrated to US.

Comments

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Fabiola Feenstra
pigeon represents the name of the bird, the nickname that apply a credulous person, who deceived.

Pigeon Namesakes

  • Louis-Philippe Pigeon, Lawyer
  • Amédée Pigeon, Author
  • Amédée Pigeon, Author
  • Lone Pigeon, Musician
  • Lone Pigeon, Musician
  • Ginette Pigeon, Film actress
  • Ginette Pigeon, Actress
  • Louis-Joseph Pigeon, Member of Parliament
  • Kristy Pigeon, Tennis Player
  • Lone Pigeon, Musician
  • In 2013 comedy film, Petey, Lucas Pigeon characterized Young Peter.

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