Pantaleo surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

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.

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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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 131
Córdoba 29
City of Buenos Aires 19
Mendoza 15

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

Aargau 28
Ticino 14
Bern 13
Zurich 9
St. Gallen 8
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 7
Vaud 6
Geneva 6

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

Born outside France 59
Doubs 8
Var 3
Bouches-du-Rhône 2
Alpes-Maritimes 1
Indre-et-Loire 1
Rhône 1
Paris 1
Yvelines 1

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

Namur 16
Hainaut 10
Limburg 6

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.

  • Giovanni Pantaleo
    Giovanni Pantaleo 1831–1879 · friar
  • Mario Pantaleo
    Mario Pantaleo 1915–1992 · Catholic priest
  • Leo Pantaleo 1939–2017 · actor
  • Leo Pantaleo 1939–2017 · actor
  • Rocco Pantaleo 1956–2010 · restaurateur
  • Sylvia Joyce Pantaleo 1957– · opinion journalist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Pantaleo is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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