# Pellegrino (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pellegrino/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,398 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,781 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,734 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (7,237 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Pellegrino.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pellegrino in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pellegrino in Argentina, the United States, Brazil, Spain and Byzantine Empire.

## People named Pellegrino

- Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentine association football manager
- Mark Pellegrino, American actor (born 1965)
- Aline Pellegrino, Brazilian association football player
- Marco Pellegrino, Argentine footballer
- Mateo Pellegrino, Argentine professional footballer
- Maximiliano Pellegrino, Argentine footballer
- Charles R. Pellegrino, American novelist
- Nicholas the Pilgrim, bizantine saint

## Similar surnames

Pellegrini, Pellegrin, Pelzer, Pilgrim, Pilcher, Pilger, Pflueger, Policarpio.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.