How common is the surname Pellegrini?

4,011 people in the United States had the surname Pellegrini in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,975 Americans. It ranked 8,263rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pellegrini?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pellegrini identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pellegrini?

Ines Pellegrini, actress (born 1954), followed by Margaret Pellegrini.

Where is the surname Pellegrini most common?

Wikidata records people named Pellegrini in Eritrea, the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Pellegrini getting more or less common?

More common. 3,809 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,011 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Pellegrini

A surname, carried by 4,011 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex P426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pellegrini is more common than 94.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,011 people named Pellegrini in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,975 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,809.

#8,263

rank among US surnames

4,011

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,031)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,254	Murphey	4,013	76,936
#8,259	Piercy	4,012	76,956
#8,263	Pellegrini	4,011	76,975
#8,266	Winans	4,010	76,994
#8,271	Duffield	4,009	77,013
#8,272	Stuck	4,008	77,032

Who is named Pellegrini

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Pellegrini identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pellegrinis

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ines Pellegrini
Actress (born 1954)
Margaret Pellegrini
American actress (1923-2013)
Matías Pellegrini
Argentine association football player, born 2000

Notable Pellegrinis come mostly from Eritrea (1), the United States (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pellegrini

Pellegrini has the Soundex code P426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P426.

Questions

How common is the surname Pellegrini?: 4,011 people in the United States had the surname Pellegrini in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,975 Americans. It ranked 8,263rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pellegrini?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pellegrini identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pellegrini?: Ines Pellegrini, actress (born 1954), followed by Margaret Pellegrini.
Where is the surname Pellegrini most common?: Wikidata records people named Pellegrini in Eritrea, the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Pellegrini getting more or less common?: More common. 3,809 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,011 in 2010, up 5.3%.