The Pavese surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 430 people carried this name — #48,995 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 18% from 364 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 528 people named Pavese 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 80 people named Pavese.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
23 people named Pavese live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
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 Pavese,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luigi Pavese 1897–1969 · actor -
Luigi Pavese 1897–1969 · actor
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Nino Pavese 1904–1979 · stage actor -
Nino Pavese 1904–1979 · stage actor
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Cesare Pavese 1908–1950 · writer -
Giovanni Giacomo Pavese 1519–1566 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pavese.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pavese is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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