The Piva surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 381 people carried this name — #54,178 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 378 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Piva surname
From piva (“bagpipes”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Piva» (Italian), 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 1,185 people named Piva 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 Córdoba.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 179 people named Piva.
70 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Nord.
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
71 people named Piva live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 print
Piva in American newspapers,
1891–1937.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,781 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Piva,
with a public archive behind them.
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Domenico Piva 1826–1907 · military officer -
Gino Piva 1873–1946 · writer -
Mário Piva 1920–1972 · politician -
Alfio Piva 1940– · politician -
Antonio Piva 1942–2022 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 64 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Piva.
- Pitra 124 · U.S. census
- Pitre 6,637 · U.S. census
- Pitsch 794 · U.S. census
- Pittaluga 189 · U.S. census
- Pitton 171 · U.S. census
- Pitz 1,078 · U.S. census
- Piwowarczyk 388 · U.S. census
- Pizano 5,110 · U.S. census
- Pizza 931 · U.S. census
- Pizzi 1,431 · U.S. census
- Pizzini 457 · U.S. census
- Pizzo 3,161 · U.S. census
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