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Early Origins of the Pichon family

The surname Pichon was first found in Brittany, originally Armorica in ancient times, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Dol and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Pichon family

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Pichon Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pichon, Pichot, Pichourreau, Pichoureau, Pichonnat, Pichoureaux, Pichourreaux, Pichoud, Pechou, Pechaud, Pichond and many more.

Early Notables of the Pichon family

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Pichon Ranking

In France, the name Pichon is the 197th most popular surname with an estimated 17,127 people with that name. 1


United States Pichon migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pichon Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Aime Pichon, who settled in Louisiana in 1719
  • Aime Pichon, aged 17, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 2
Pichon Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Claude Charles Pichon, who received a land grant in Alabama in 1827

Canada Pichon migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pichon Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
  • Marie Pichon, who came from the Province of Perche to New France in 1636
  • Bernard Pichon, who settled in Quebec from La Rochelle in 1645
  • Mr. Bernard Pichon, French settler travelling to Canada for work arriving on 10th June 1645 3
  • Francois Pichon, who was on record in Quebec in 1657
  • Gaspard Pichon, who landed in Canada in 1686

Contemporary Notables of the name Pichon (post 1700) +

  • Mickaël Pichon, French motorcycle racer
  • Jean-Charles Pichon (b. 1920), French philosopher, writer, poet, mathematician, mythologist
  • Jean-Claude Pichon, bank manager, Paris
  • Alain Pichon, magistrate, Paris


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. Debien, Gabriel. Liste Des Engagés Pour Le Canada Au XVIIe Siècle. Vol. 6, Laval University, 1952. (Retreived 24th May 2018). Retrieved from https://lebloguedeguyperron.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/130-liste-des-contrats-dengagement-pour-la-nouvelle-france-releves-a-la-rochelle-entre-1634-et-1679/


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