The Peluso surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,712 people carried this name — #8,822 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,765 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Peluso surname
Borrowed from Italian Peluso, Italianization of Sicilian Pilusu, from Sicilian pilusu (“hairy”), from pilu + -usu.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Peluso» (English), 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 1,201 people named Peluso 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
200 people named Peluso live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 63 people named Peluso.
Most of them — 37 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 26 people named Peluso 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 Hainaut.
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
Peluso in American newspapers,
1911–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 397 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Peluso,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francesco Peluso 1805–1892 · historian -
Attilio Peluso 1936– · politician -
Francesco Peluso 1836– · painter
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Edmondo Peluso 1882–1942 · politician
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Umile Francesco Peluso 1915–2013 · politician
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Umile Francesco Peluso 1915–2013 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Peluso.
- Peloquin 2,988 · U.S. census
- Pelosi 1,309 · U.S. census
- Peloso 586 · U.S. census
- Pelot 573 · U.S. census
- Pelotte 242 · U.S. census
- Peltier 7,140 · U.S. census
- Pelzer 2,183 · U.S. census
- Pen 1,438 · U.S. census
- Penalba 180 · U.S. census
- Penalver 629 · U.S. census
- Penaranda 1,181 · U.S. census
- Penas 373 · U.S. census
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