The Pizarro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,446 people carried this name — #4,755 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,700 people counted. That is up 32% from 5,658 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pizarro surname
A surname, most associated with the conquistador of the Inca Empire, Francisco Pizarro.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pizarro» (Spanish), 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 17,263 people named Pizarro 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
101 people named Pizarro live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 23 people named Pizarro.
Most of them — 15 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Isère.
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
90 people named Pizarro 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).
In print
Pizarro in American newspapers,
1912–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
In print
Pizarro in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.
246 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pizarro. The most, 94, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.9 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pizarro.
Who carried it
People named Pizarro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Pizarro 1478–1541 · conquistador -
Francisco Pizarro 1478–1541 · conquistador
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Juan Pizarro d. 1976 · photographer
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Carmen Ximena Pizarro Nova d. 1973 · student
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Hector Manuel Pizarro d. 1973 · waiter
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Eliseo Enrique Pizarro Rojas d. 1983 · factory worker
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Pizarro,
in the records of 3 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States157 records
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 43
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 32
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
- Sacramento County historic burials 2
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Anastacio PizarroBorn 1916. Enlisted 1941 at New York City; sales clerk from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Giuseppe PizarroArrived at New York in 1905 aboard the Sicilia from Naples and Palermo, aged 41; peasant. From Bisignano, Cosenza, Italy; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Vic Manuel PizarroBorn 1947; from New York, New York. U.S. Marine Corps, motor vehicle operator; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
Showing 3 of 157 records for Pizarro in the United States.
Counts: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).
France13 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Pedro PizarroBorn 1933 in Spain; died 2000 in Troyes (Aube).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Conception PizarroBorn 1915 in Spain; died 1998 in Alès (Gard).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jose Jean Andre PizarroBorn 1954 in Malo-les-Bains (Nord); died 1999 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 13 records for Pizarro in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Netherlands6 records
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Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Marcus Abraham PizarroIn the population register of Amsterdam; born 1851 in Amsterdam.
Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Abraham Eliazer PizarroIn the population register of Amsterdam; born 1820 in Amsterdam.
Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Betje PizarroIn the population register of Amsterdam; born 1848 in Amsterdam.
Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 6 records for Pizarro in the Netherlands.
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pizarro.
- Pitton 171 · U.S. census
- Pitts 49,740 · U.S. census
- Pitz 1,078 · U.S. census
- Piva 381 · 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
- Pizzolato 631 · U.S. census
- Pizzuto 1,193 · U.S. census
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