The Pisciotta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,602 people carried this name — #17,559 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted. That is down 4% from 1,661 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pisciotta surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pisciotta» (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 75 people named Pisciotta.
Most of them — 62 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
48 people named Pisciotta live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 29 people named Pisciotta 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Pisciotta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ignazio Pisciotta 1883–1977 · soldier
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Ignazio Pisciotta 1883–1977 · soldier
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Gaspare Pisciotta 1924–1954 · brigand
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Gaspare Pisciotta 1924–1954 · brigand
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Pietro Pisciotta 1938– · Catholic priest
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Pietro Pisciotta 1938– · Catholic priest
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pisciotta.
- Pirotte 107 · U.S. census
- Pisaneschi 170 · U.S. census
- Pisani 2,806 · U.S. census
- Pisano 4,551 · U.S. census
- Pisapia 272 · U.S. census
- Piscione 209 · U.S. census
- Piscopo 983 · U.S. census
- Piselli 362 · U.S. census
- Pison 120 · U.S. census
- Pisoni 253 · U.S. census
- Pister 227 · U.S. census
- Piston 180 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pisciotta is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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