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The Pizzolato surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 631 people carried this name — #35,622 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 4% from 660 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Pizzolato surname

A surname transferred from the nickname.

From pizzolato (“pecked”), a nickname given to someone with pockmarks.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pizzolato» (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 266 people named Pizzolato 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 101
Córdoba 70
Mendoza 54
San Luis 16
Santa Fe 14
Neuquén 11

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 85 people named Pizzolato.

Most of them — 52 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Côte-d’Or.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 52
Côte-d’Or 6
Haute-Garonne 6
Moselle 5
Isère 3
Tarn 3
Paris 3
Gers 2
Tarn-et-Garonne 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

58 people named Pizzolato live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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

Zurich 21
Ticino 11
Bern 8
Vaud 8
Aargau 4
Geneva 3
Lucerne 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Pizzolato,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Orlando Pizzolato
    Orlando Pizzolato 1958– · athletics competitor
  • Luigi Pizzolato 1939– · classical philologist
  • Gabriella Pizzolato 1958– · athlete
  • Filippo Pizzolato 1970– · jurist
  • Fabio Pizzolato 1975– · athletics competitor
  • Alberto Pizzolato 1975– · basketball player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Pizzolato is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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