The Pantaleo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 966 people carried this name — #25,555 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is down 3% from 991 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 194 people named Pantaleo 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
116 people named Pantaleo live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 77 people named Pantaleo.
Most of them — 59 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Doubs.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 32 people named Pantaleo live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Pantaleo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Pantaleo 1831–1879 · friar -
Mario Pantaleo 1915–1992 · Catholic priest -
Leo Pantaleo 1939–2017 · actor
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Leo Pantaleo 1939–2017 · actor
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Rocco Pantaleo 1956–2010 · restaurateur
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Sylvia Joyce Pantaleo 1957– · opinion journalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pantaleo.
- Panizzi 124 · U.S. census
- Pann 399 · U.S. census
- Pannier 463 · U.S. census
- Pano 596 · U.S. census
- Panossian 278 · U.S. census
- Panse 194 · U.S. census
- Pantaleon 2,467 · U.S. census
- Pantano 1,532 · U.S. census
- Pantel 347 · U.S. census
- Panter 1,528 · U.S. census
- Pantin 278 · U.S. census
- Panza 1,296 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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