The Acquistapace surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 237 people carried this name — #80,131 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 217 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Acquistapace surname
A surname transferred from the nickname.
Verb-object compound, composed of acquista (“to buy, to purchase”) + pace (“peace”), probably a nickname of some sort.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Acquistapace» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 78 people named Acquistapace.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Jura.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 76 people named Acquistapace live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
36 people named Acquistapace live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Acquistapace,
with a public archive behind them.
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Paolo Acquistapace 1953– · mathematician
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David Acquistapace 1956– · illustrator
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Émilie Acquistapace 1988– · rower
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Acquistapace.
- Achilli 133 · U.S. census
- Achin 211 · U.S. census
- Acker 10,519 · U.S. census
- Ackermann 2,499 · U.S. census
- Acosta 103,418 · U.S. census
- Acquaviva 837 · U.S. census
- Actis 189 · U.S. census
- Ada 526 · U.S. census
- Adam 13,574 · U.S. census
- Adamczak 553 · U.S. census
- Adamczyk 2,828 · U.S. census
- Adamek 1,307 · U.S. census
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