The Pugliesi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 178 people carried this name — #101,247 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 5% from 187 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pugliesi surname
From Italian Pugliesi, from pugliese (“Apulian, Puglian”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pugliesi» (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 123 people named Pugliesi 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 92 people named Pugliesi.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Corsica.
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
20 people named Pugliesi live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 Pugliesi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Paul Pugliesi-Conti 1861–1933 · politician -
Nicola Pugliesi 1718–1778 · Catholic priest
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Dominique Pugliesi-Conti 1863–1926 · politician
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Marco Pugliesi 1973– · basketball player
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Maurizio Pugliesi 1976– · association football coach
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pugliesi.
- Puerta 1,356 · U.S. census
- Puertas 593 · U.S. census
- Puerto 1,673 · U.S. census
- Puga 7,056 · U.S. census
- Puglia 1,122 · U.S. census
- Pugliese 5,126 · U.S. census
- Puglisi 2,550 · U.S. census
- Puig 2,198 · U.S. census
- Pujol 1,074 · U.S. census
- Pujols 1,153 · U.S. census
- Pulcini 463 · U.S. census
- Puleo 3,115 · U.S. census
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