The Pizzi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,431 people carried this name — #19,027 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 204,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,414 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pizzi surname
Patronymic form of Pizzo.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pizzi» (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 1,316 people named Pizzi 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 103 people named Pizzi.
43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Paris.
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
93 people named Pizzi live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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
Pizzi in American newspapers,
1895–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,805 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pizzi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Isabella Pizzi 1833–1873 -
Carlo Pizzi 1842–1909 · painter -
Carlo Pizzi 1842–1908 · painter
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Italo Pizzi 1849–1920 · teacher -
Emilio Pizzi 1861–1940 · composer -
Gioacchino Pizzi 1716–1790 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pizzi.
- Pitton 171 · 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
- Pizzini 457 · U.S. census
- Pizzo 3,161 · U.S. census
- Pizzolato 631 · U.S. census
- Pizzuto 1,193 · U.S. census
- Pla 936 · U.S. census
- Place 7,251 · U.S. census
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