The Pellegrino surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 7,237 people carried this name — #4,512 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,273 people named Pellegrino.
418 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
505 people named Pellegrino live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 51 people named Pellegrino 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 print
Pellegrino in American newspapers,
1904–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,774 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pellegrino,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicholas the Pilgrim 1075–1094 · hermit -
Camillo Pellegrino 1527–1603 · writer -
Camillo Pellegrino 1598–1663 · writer -
Giuseppe Pellegrino 1856–1931 · politician -
Ettore Lombardo Pellegrino 1866–1952 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 168 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pellegrino.
- Pelini 147 · U.S. census
- Pelissier 560 · U.S. census
- Pellas 105 · U.S. census
- Pelle 782 · U.S. census
- Pellegrin 1,931 · U.S. census
- Pellegrini 3,809 · U.S. census
- Peller 718 · U.S. census
- Pellerin 3,126 · U.S. census
- Pellet 171 · U.S. census
- Pelletier 17,267 · U.S. census
- Pellicano 607 · U.S. census
- Pelliccia 377 · U.S. census
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