The Pita surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,328 people carried this name — #13,148 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 126,600 people counted. That is up 53% from 1,525 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,574 people named Pita 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
95 people named Pita live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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.
In Poland’s population register
65 people named Pita have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 111 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Pita.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Landes.
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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Pita is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Pita,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maria Pita 1565–1643 · merchant -
Leandro Pita 1898–1985 · writer -
Leandro Pita 1898–1965 · writer
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Leandro Pita Sánchez-Boado 1900–1926 · journalist -
Pío Pita Pizarro 1792–1845 · politician
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José Pita Cortés 1865–1942 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pita.
- Pison 120 · U.S. census
- Pisoni 253 · U.S. census
- Pister 227 · U.S. census
- Piston 180 · U.S. census
- Pistone 974 · U.S. census
- Pistorius 452 · U.S. census
- Pitard 147 · U.S. census
- Pitel 190 · U.S. census
- Piton 165 · U.S. census
- Pitra 124 · U.S. census
- Pitre 6,637 · U.S. census
- Pitsch 794 · U.S. census
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