Piton is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Piton
No. of characters: 5
Origin: France
Meaning: Met in Belgium, the name seems to denote a compassionate person who has pity (Alternatively, conversely, one that inspires pity). Note however that this may be a place name, since a town in the Aisne Pithon is called. The place name probably refers to a rock, rocky ground.

How popular is Piton?

Piton is common in France.

Piton is ranked 57638 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Pitons plummeted by 4.069767 per cent to 165 since 2000 and slipped by 9821 spots and ranked at 107669. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 61.21 71.51
Black 27.27 12.79
Hispanic or Latino 10.3 14.53
Piton is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while France is ahead in terms of density. Around 8070 people have been found who wears Piton as their family name. Piton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,219,338 India3
2,550 Haiti3
35,789 Turkey3
35,184 Poland3
35,969 Denmark2
28,232 Morocco2
2,309 Monaco1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
15,705 Cameroon1
10,958 Bangladesh1
13,606 Senegal1
37,493 Austria1
151,601 Spain1
30,360 Thailand1
172,258 Germany1
29,774 Venezuela1
19,810 Croatia1
81,201 Switzerland1
2,505 Congo1
5,924 Paraguay1
56,169 Mexico1
21,562 Portugal1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
12,745 Luxembourg1
24,421 Slovakia1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
94,027 England32
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
40,845 Canada78
78,184 Italy67
Countries with hundreds of Piton:
15,781 Argentina343
95,768 United States238
10,317 Belgium178
72,158 Indonesia117
Countries with thousands of Piton:
4,033 Brazil3,514
2,070 France3,466
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Comments

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Shandi Hinshaw
piton is a very uncommon name, diminutive of the old French mite, that is to say that of pity, pitiful.

Piton Namesakes

  • Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Composer
  • Vanessa Audy Pitono, Singer
  • Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Composer
  • Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Composer
  • Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Composer
  • Larisha Piton, Marquise Piton's mother
  • Marquise Piton, Football linebacker
  • Nadège Piton, Film actress
  • Nadège Piton, Film actress
  • Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Composer

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