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Early Origins of the Pinon family

The surname Pinon was first found in Catalonia, in northeastern Spain.

Early History of the Pinon family

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Pinon Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pino, Piñón, Piña, Pinar, Piñares, Pinilla, Pinillo, Piñol, Pinoy, Pineda, Piñero, Pinares, Pinhal, Pinon, Pinoy, Pinede, Pinet, Pinat, Le Pin, Pinelli and many more.

Early Notables of the Pinon family

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Pinon Ranking

In the United States, the name Pinon is the 8,444th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Pinon is ranked the 1,193rd most popular surname with an estimated 4,661 people with that name. 2


United States Pinon migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pinon Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Juan Pinon, who settled in New Spain in 1564
Pinon Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Andres Pinon, aged 35, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1836 3
  • Modesto Pinon, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1860 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Pinon (post 1700) +

  • Evangelina Vigil Pinon (b. 1949), Mexican-American poet, translator, and television personality
  • Helen Pinon, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1944 4
  • Harley L. Pinon, American politician, Representative from Texas 6th District, 1976 4
  • Fernando Pinon, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972 4
  • Nélida Piñon (1937-2022), Spanish-Brazilian author and professor, "considered among the foremost writers in Brazil"
  • Jean Simon Pierre Pinon, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 5
  • Nélida Pinon (b. 1937), Brazilian writer in Rio de Janeiro
  • Pasqual Pinon (1889-1929), known as The Two-Headed Mexican, was a performer with the Sells-Floto Circus in the early 1900s
  • Guy Pinon, French actor
  • Dominique Pinon (b. 1955), French actor


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  3. 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)
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  5. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, August 12) Jean Pinon. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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