The Pozzi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,178 people carried this name — #22,012 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,176).
What the name means
The meaning of the Pozzi surname
From Italian pozzi ("wells"), plural of pozzo ("well").
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pozzi» (English), 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 2,930 people named Pozzi 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
611 people named Pozzi live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 382 people named Pozzi.
95 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 20 people named Pozzi live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
34 people named Pozzi is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Pozzi in American newspapers,
1898–1948.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,474 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pozzi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Battista Pozzi 1561–1589 · visual artist -
Stefano Pozzi 1699–1768 · painter -
Francesco Pozzi 1704–1789 · architect
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Carlo Luca Pozzi 1734–1812 · sculptor -
Domenico Pozzi 1745–1796 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 179 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pozzi.
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