The Pignatelli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 467 people carried this name — #45,740 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (466).
In Argentina’s national register
At least 177 people named Pignatelli 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 78 people named Pignatelli.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Hérault.
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
77 people named Pignatelli live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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 Pignatelli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Battista Pignatelli 1525–1599 · squire -
Giovanni Battista Pignatelli 1525–1599 · squire -
Basilio Pignatelli d. 1629 · Catholic priest
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Fabrizio Pignatelli d. 1568 · Catholic priest
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Vicente Pignatelli y Moncayo d. 1770 · painter
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Irene Pignatelli d. 1863
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pignatelli.
- Pietruszka 400 · U.S. census
- Pietrzak 2,044 · U.S. census
- Pietrzyk 616 · U.S. census
- Piette 961 · U.S. census
- Piga 110 · U.S. census
- Pigeon 1,661 · U.S. census
- Piguet 174 · U.S. census
- Pila 364 · U.S. census
- Pilarczyk 286 · U.S. census
- Pilarski 1,544 · U.S. census
- Pilat 991 · U.S. census
- Pilate 206 · U.S. census
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