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The Sampietro surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 158 people carried this name — #111,426 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 154 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Sampietro surname

Habitational surname from any of various places and towns dedicated to Saint Peter.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sampietro» (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 991 people named Sampietro 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 514
City of Buenos Aires 164
Entre Ríos 145
Córdoba 103
Santa Fe 44
Neuquén 11
La Pampa 10

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 173 people named Sampietro.

39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 39
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 27
Aude 20
Hautes-Pyrénées 18
Hérault 9
Bouches-du-Rhône 8
Charente-Maritime 8
Aisne 7
Haute-Garonne 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

53 people named Sampietro live in Switzerland.

They live in 2 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

Ticino 44
Zurich 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 Sampietro,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Isa Miranda
    Isa Miranda 1905–1982 · writer
  • Isa Miranda
    Isa Miranda 1905–1982 · writer
  • Stefano Sampietro 1715–1780 · sculptor
  • Stefano Sampietro 1715–1715 · sculptor
  • Francesco Sampietro 1815–1896 · painter
  • Giovanni Sampietro 1897–1965 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Sampietro 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.

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