The Pesavento surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 589 people carried this name — #37,735 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 4% from 612 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pesavento surname
A surname transferred from the nickname.
Verb-object compound, composed of pesa (“to weigh”) + vento (“wind”), a nickname for an idle or prodigal person.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pesavento» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 66 people named Pesavento.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 34 people named Pesavento 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
32 people named Pesavento live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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 Pesavento,
with a public archive behind them.
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Andrea Pesavento 1942– · librarian
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Sandra Pesavento 1946–2009 · writer
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Sergio Pesavento 1958– · athletics competitor
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pesavento.
When the index is not enough
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