The Peloso surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 586 people carried this name — #37,899 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 21% from 484 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Peloso surname
A nickname from peloso (“hairy”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Peloso» (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 2,795 people named Peloso 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 123 people named Peloso.
43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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
55 people named Peloso live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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.
In print
Peloso in American newspapers,
1840–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 282 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Peloso.
- Pello 288 · U.S. census
- Pellon 172 · U.S. census
- Pellot 1,598 · U.S. census
- Pelon 284 · U.S. census
- Peloquin 2,988 · U.S. census
- Pelosi 1,309 · U.S. census
- Pelot 573 · U.S. census
- Pelotte 242 · U.S. census
- Peltier 7,140 · U.S. census
- Peluso 3,712 · U.S. census
- Pelzer 2,183 · U.S. census
- Pen 1,438 · U.S. census
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