The Pellegrini surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,011 people carried this name — #8,263 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,809 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pellegrini surname
A surname from Italian.
Borrowed from Italian Pellegrini.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pellegrini» (Spanish), 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 6,053 people named Pellegrini 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 1,202 people named Pellegrini.
300 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 69 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
872 people named Pellegrini live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 67 people named Pellegrini 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 Limburg.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
38 people named Pellegrini is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Pellegrini in American newspapers,
1885–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,789 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pellegrini,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bianca Pellegrini 1417–1480 -
Luigi Pellegrini Scaramuccia 1616–1680 · painter -
Valeriano Pellegrini 1663–1746 · opera singer -
Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini 1675–1741 · painter -
Felice Pellegrini 1774–1832 · opera singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 192 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pellegrini.
- Pelican 367 · U.S. census
- Pelini 143 · U.S. census
- Pelissier 607 · U.S. census
- Pellas 109 · U.S. census
- Pelle 800 · U.S. census
- Pellegrin 2,080 · U.S. census
- Pellegrino 7,398 · U.S. census
- Peller 931 · U.S. census
- Pellerin 3,259 · U.S. census
- Pellet 149 · U.S. census
- Pelletier 17,808 · U.S. census
- Pellicano 708 · U.S. census
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