Explore the Family Name Piquet

The meaning of Piquet

French: 1. metonymic occupational name for someone who worked with a pick or for a maker or seller, from a diminutive of pic ‘pick, pickax’. 2. possibly also a habitational name from (Le) Piquet, the name of several places in various parts of France. History: Joseph Piquet dit Lafleur from Le Mans in Sarthe, France, married Marie-Thérèse Mérienne in Quebec City, QC, in 1706.

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How common is the last name Piquet in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Piquet saw a slight increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 80,502 with a count of 219 people bearing it. However, by 2010, the rank increased to 78,040 and the count rose to 245 people, marking an 11.87% increase. Interestingly, the proportion per 100k did not change during this decade, remaining at 0.08.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#80,502	#78,040	3.06%
Count	219	245	11.87%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.08	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Piquet

The Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the ethnic identity associated with the surname Piquet has also seen some changes between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, but there was a marginal decline from 79.45% in 2000 to 75.92% in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage identifying as Hispanic saw an increase from 15.07% to 19.18%, a considerable 27.27% change. There were no Piquets who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. Lastly, those identifying with two or more races grew significantly from 2.28% to 3.27%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	79.45%	75.92%	-4.44%
Hispanic	15.07%	19.18%	27.27%
Two or More Races	2.28%	3.27%	43.42%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%