Surname Piston

Family name Piston (Piston , Pistone , Пистон) , around the globe, is quite a common cognomen. The surname Piston is habitual in Italy, where it is quite a rare surname, Uruguay, and Argentina. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Italy, Argentina, and the United States. Much less frequently, Piston is the forename as well as the last name.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Piston

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Piston	Philippines, Argentina, United States, France, Germany
Pistone	Italy, Argentina, United States, France, Germany

Last names said to be same

Piasta, Pisar, Pistòn, Pistón, and Пістон

Notable namesakes

	joseph piston French general during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, FR (b. 1754)
	louis piston FR (b. 1865)
	benedito piston BR (b. 1859)
	walter piston American composer (1894–1976), US (b. 1894)
	piston van wyk South African rugby union player, ZA (b. 1943)
	calvin piston Ph.D. University of Arkansas 1986
	david w. piston American physicist
	david piston biomedical engineer