The Pontillo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 679 people carried this name — #33,567 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 30% from 523 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 140 people named Pontillo 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.
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 56 people named Pontillo.
Most of them — 40 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Essonne.
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
31 people named Pontillo live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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 Pontillo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lorenzo Pontillo 1792–1873 · Catholic priest
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Tiziana Pontillo 1969– · Indologist
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Emmanuel Pontillo 1970– · politician
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pontillo.
- Pontes 1,127 · U.S. census
- Ponthier 269 · U.S. census
- Ponthieux 403 · U.S. census
- Ponti 402 · U.S. census
- Ponticelli 306 · U.S. census
- Pontier 419 · U.S. census
- Ponton 2,303 · U.S. census
- Ponzio 841 · U.S. census
- Ponzo 707 · U.S. census
- Poos 201 · U.S. census
- Pop 1,560 · U.S. census
- Popa 2,757 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pontillo is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.