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The Pietrini surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 145 people carried this name — #119,508 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 143 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Pietrini surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Pietro (“Peter”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pietrini» (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 80 people named Pietrini.

18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Corsica.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 18
Corsica 20
Paris 8
Bouches-du-Rhône 7
Vaucluse 4
Var 3
Alpes-Maritimes 3
Bas-Rhin 2
Seine-Maritime 2

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 42 people named Pietrini 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

Buenos Aires Province 24
Mendoza 18

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

30 people named Pietrini live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Fribourg 12
Vaud 9
Neuchâtel 6
Zurich 3

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 Pietrini,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Vincenzo Pietrini 1937– · politician
  • Elio Pietrini 1939–2022 · actor
  • Pietro Pietrini 1961– · neuroscientist
  • Alberto Pietrini 1966– · basketball player
  • Daniela Pietrini 1971– · professor
  • Stefano Pietrini 1973– · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Pietrini is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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