| ![Show Contents]() Piche History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 France Early Origins of the Piche familyThe surname Piche was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family was established in Puchay, a parish in the department of Eure, in the district of Andélys. Early History of the Piche familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Piche research. Another 128 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1603, 1696, 1701, 1749 and 1794 are included under the topic Early Piche History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Piche Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Piché, Pichet, Picher, Pichez, Pichey, Pichel, Pichelin, Picherel, Picherot, Pichoir, Pichois, Pichon, Pichonneau, Pichot, Pichoud and many more. Early Notables of the Piche familyAnother 44 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Piche Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Piche World RankingIn the United States, the name Piche is the 12,353rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in Canada, the name Piche is ranked the 523rd most popular surname with an estimated 9,356 people with that name. 2 And in Quebec, Canada, the name Piche is the 232nd popular surname. 3 Migration of the Piche familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jean Pichet, originally of Poitiers, who settled in Ile d'Orléans, where he married Madeleine Leblanc around 1666; Aime Pichon, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Piche (post 1700) | + |
- Louis Piche, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1956
- Sébastien Piché (b. 1988), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Ronald Jacques Piché (1935-2011), Canadian former Major League Baseball player who played from 1960 to 1966
- Robert Piché (b. 1952), Canadian pilot who on August 24, 2001 captained the Airbus A330 flying Air Transat Flight 236 to a safe landing in the Azores after it lost all power due to fuel exhaustion
- Paul Piché (b. 1953), Canadian singer-songwriter, environmentalist, political activist
- Camille Piché KC (1865-1909), Canadian lawyer and politician, Member of the Canadian Parliament for St. Mary (1904-1906)
- Alphonse Piché (1917-1998), French Canadian poet from Saguenay, Quebec
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