The Pavesi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 145 people carried this name — #119,508 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 131 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pavesi surname
From pavese (“of or from Pavia”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pavesi» (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 246 people named Pavesi 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 132 people named Pavesi.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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
78 people named Pavesi live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Pavesi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Stefano Pavesi 1779–1850 · composer -
Pietro Pavesi 1844–1907 · naturalist -
Eberardo Pavesi 1883–1974 · sport cyclist -
Eberardo Pavesi 1883–1974 · sport cyclist
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Gino Pavesi 1888–1960 · military personnel -
Giulio Pavesi 1510–1571 · archbishop
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pavesi.
- Pause 205 · U.S. census
- Pautler 411 · U.S. census
- Pauwels 489 · U.S. census
- Pauze 194 · U.S. census
- Pavan 346 · U.S. census
- Pavese 430 · U.S. census
- Pavia 2,126 · U.S. census
- Pavic 190 · U.S. census
- Pavin 116 · U.S. census
- Pavis 248 · U.S. census
- Pavlovic 1,089 · U.S. census
- Pavon 3,589 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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