The Pinto surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 17,488 people carried this name — #1,883 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,400 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
5,391 people named Pinto live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,673 people named Pinto.
Most of them — 927 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 77 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 128 people named Pinto 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 Hainaut.
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.
In Poland’s population register
23 people named Pinto have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 105 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Pinto in American newspapers,
1907–1949.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 107,162 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pinto,
with a public archive behind them.
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Manuel Pinto da Fonseca 1681–1773 · governor -
António Pinto Soares 1780–1865 · politician -
Agustín Albano de Silveira Pinto 1785–1852 · physician -
Francisco Antonio Pinto 1785–1858 · military personnel -
George Pinto 1785–1806 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 207 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pinto.
- Pinos 465 · U.S. census
- Pinotti 177 · U.S. census
- Pinson 7,212 · U.S. census
- Pinta 299 · U.S. census
- Pintado 842 · U.S. census
- Pinter 3,281 · U.S. census
- Pintor 1,520 · U.S. census
- Pio 1,056 · U.S. census
- Pioch 207 · U.S. census
- Pioche 143 · U.S. census
- Pioli 313 · U.S. census
- Piombino 196 · U.S. census
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