The Pappalardo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,908 people carried this name — #15,370 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 153,800 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,919 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pappalardo surname
A surname transferred from the nickname.
From pappalardo (“glutton”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pappalardo» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,382 people named Pappalardo 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 364 people named Pappalardo.
Most of them — 232 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Hérault.
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
145 people named Pappalardo live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 print
Pappalardo in American newspapers,
1858–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 257 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pappalardo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Diego Pappalardo 1636–1710 -
Salvatore Pappalardo 1918–2006 · archbishop -
Salvatore Pappalardo 1918–2006 · archbishop
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Giuseppe Pappalardo 1800– · Catholic priest
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Salvatore Pappalardo 1817–1884 · composer
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Pietro Pappalardo 1898–1985 · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pappalardo.
- Papillon 375 · U.S. census
- Papin 717 · U.S. census
- Papineau 1,584 · U.S. census
- Papini 390 · U.S. census
- Papion 105 · U.S. census
- Papp 4,162 · U.S. census
- Paprocki 1,098 · U.S. census
- Paque 321 · U.S. census
- Paquet 1,288 · U.S. census
- Paquette 9,606 · U.S. census
- Paquin 4,064 · U.S. census
- Para 1,157 · U.S. census
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