The Pinna surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 245 people carried this name — #78,040 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 4% from 256 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pinna surname
A surname from Sardinian.
From Latin pinna (“fin; mountain top”). This surname is typically Sardinian.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pinna» (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 607 people named Pinna.
245 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 448 people named Pinna 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 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
133 people named Pinna live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 105 people named Pinna 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 Limburg.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pinna.
- Pinero 2,585 · U.S. census
- Pinet 374 · U.S. census
- Pinhas 123 · U.S. census
- Pinheiro 2,445 · U.S. census
- Pini 612 · U.S. census
- Pink 2,578 · U.S. census
- Pino 10,993 · U.S. census
- Pinol 113 · U.S. census
- Pinon 6,938 · U.S. census
- Pinos 596 · U.S. census
- Pinotti 209 · U.S. census
- Pinson 7,362 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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