The Ponticelli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 306 people carried this name — #64,891 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 290 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ponticelli surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
From ponticelli, plural form of ponticello (“small bridge”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ponticelli» (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 85 people named Ponticelli 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 64 people named Ponticelli.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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
32 people named Ponticelli live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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.
Who carried it
People named Ponticelli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Ponticelli 1829–1880 · painter -
Guglielmo Ponticelli 1809–1888 · politician
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Guglielmo Ponticelli 1809–1888 · politician
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Guglielmo Ponticelli 1809–1888 · politician
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Pietro Ponticelli 1837–1906 · lawyer
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Benedetto Ponticelli 1840–1899 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ponticelli.
- Ponte 2,924 · U.S. census
- Pontello 207 · U.S. census
- Pontes 1,127 · U.S. census
- Ponthier 269 · U.S. census
- Ponthieux 403 · U.S. census
- Ponti 402 · U.S. census
- Pontier 419 · U.S. census
- Pontillo 679 · U.S. census
- Ponton 2,303 · U.S. census
- Ponzio 841 · U.S. census
- Ponzo 707 · U.S. census
- Poos 201 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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