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The Pina surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,293 people carried this name — #1,403 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,700 people counted. That is up 30% from 19,399 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Pina surname

A surname, variation of Peña.

Inherited from Latin pinna. Not related to piña.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Piña» (Spanish), 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 2,560 people named Pina 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 Mendoza.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Mendoza 848
Buenos Aires Province 791
Córdoba 349
City of Buenos Aires 345
Corrientes 63
Santa Fe 51
Santiago del Estero 21
La Pampa 20

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

363 people named Pina live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 64
Ticino 56
Zurich 40
Fribourg 39
Geneva 34
Valais 28
Bern 21
Aargau 15

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 278 people named Pina.

128 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 128
Hauts-de-Seine 26
Corsica 13
Pas-de-Calais 12
Gironde 12
Essonne 11
Hautes-Pyrénées 9
Seine-Saint-Denis 6
Aisne 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Pina in American newspapers,
1883–1923.

Newspaper page from BoletíN Mercantil De Puerto Rico carrying the name Pina
BoletíN Mercantil De Puerto Rico 1883-12-12
Newspaper page from Gazeta De Puerto-Rico carrying the name Pina
Gazeta De Puerto-Rico 1893-06-03
Newspaper page from La Revista De Taos carrying the name Pina
La Revista De Taos 1914-07-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 97,258 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Pina,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pedro Alejandro Pina
    Pedro Alejandro Pina 1820–1870 · politician
  • Manuel Correia de Bastos Pina
    Manuel Correia de Bastos Pina 1830–1913 · Catholic priest
  • Mariano Pina Domínguez
    Mariano Pina Domínguez 1840–1895 · writer
  • Adolfo César de Pina
    Adolfo César de Pina 1865–1943 · politician
  • Alfred Pina
    Alfred Pina 1887–1966 · sculptor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 106 lives in all are documented under this name.

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