The Panetta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,635 people carried this name — #17,311 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 181,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,600 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 663 people named Panetta 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 108 people named Panetta.
Most of them — 60 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
49 people named Panetta live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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 Panetta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leon Panetta 1938– · lawyer -
Fabio Panetta 1959– · economist -
Francesco Panetta 1963– · long-distance runner -
Ester Panetta 1894–1983 · arabist
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Giovanni Panetta 1908–1989 · association football player
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Giovanni Panetta 1908–1989 · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Panetta.
- Pando 3,065 · U.S. census
- Pandolfi 865 · U.S. census
- Pandolfo 830 · U.S. census
- Pane 1,363 · U.S. census
- Panek 3,032 · U.S. census
- Panella 1,920 · U.S. census
- Panfili 137 · U.S. census
- Pangallo 522 · U.S. census
- Pani 403 · U.S. census
- Paniagua 10,340 · U.S. census
- Panichi 234 · U.S. census
- Panico 1,505 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Panetta is.
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