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Early Origins of the Piot family

The surname Piot was first found in Cornwall where Symon Pyot was recorded in 1297. Later in Cambridgeshire, John Pyet was recorded in 1308 and in Somerset, William Pyatt was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for 1327. In Hampshire, early records show John Pyard and Nicholas Piarde in the Subsidy Rolls of 1327 and 1332, respectively. 1

"Pyatt was the name of an old family of gentry of Streethay, in the reign of Charles I. Pyott was often the early form of the name. Richard Pyott, whose father was a London alderman, was High Sheriff of the county in 1636." 2

Early History of the Piot family

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Piot Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pyott, Pyatt, Pyot, Pyat, Piatt, Piott, Pyet and many more.

Early Notables of the Piot family

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Piot Ranking

In France, the name Piot is the 1,008th most popular surname with an estimated 5,253 people with that name. 3

Migration of the Piot family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Alexander Pyott and Mary Pyott, who came to Barbados in 1651; John Pyot, who came to Georgia in 1773; James Pyott, who settled in New York in 1797; as well as Bartholimew Pyot, who arrived in Ontario in 1871..


Contemporary Notables of the name Piot (post 1700) +

  • Baron Peter Piot MD, PhD FRCP FMedSci (b. 1949), Belgian microbiologist known for his research into Ebola and AIDS


  1. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
  2. Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
  3. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/


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