Presta surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Presta surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 579 people carried this name — #38,265 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 521 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 756 people named Presta 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 553
City of Buenos Aires 119
Santa Fe 58
Córdoba 13
Mendoza 13

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 55 people named Presta.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Hérault.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Hérault 21
Seine-et-Marne 4
Oise 4
Bouches-du-Rhône 4
Corsica 4
Pyrénées-Orientales 3
Isère 1
Gironde 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

45 people named Presta live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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 16
Bern 10
Ticino 10
Valais 9

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 Presta,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giovanni Presta
    Giovanni Presta 1720–1797 · writer
  • Claudio Presta 1952– · architect
  • Ana María Presta 1953–2024 · historian
  • Marco Presta 1954– · teacher
  • Lucio Presta 1960– · entrepreneur
  • Marco Presta 1961– · actor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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