The Pizzo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,161 people carried this name — #10,193 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 93,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,129 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 980 people named Pizzo 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 198 people named Pizzo.
92 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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
127 people named Pizzo live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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
Pizzo in American newspapers,
1919–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,199 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pizzo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Tony Pizzo 1912–1994 · historian -
Eraldo Pizzo 1938– · swimmer -
Enrico Pizzo 1890– · teacher
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Armando Pizzo 1925–2011 · television presenter
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Armando Pizzo 1925–2011 · television presenter
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Rose Pizzo 1932– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pizzo.
- 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
- Pizzolato 631 · U.S. census
- Pizzuto 1,193 · U.S. census
- Pla 936 · U.S. census
- Place 7,251 · U.S. census
- Placide 725 · U.S. census
- Plain 1,159 · U.S. census
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