How common is the surname Peluso?

3,712 people in the United States had the surname Peluso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,175 Americans. It ranked 8,822nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Peluso?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Peluso identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Peluso?

Nathy Peluso, Argentine-born Spanish singer (born 1995), followed by Tony Peluso.

Where is the surname Peluso most common?

Wikidata records people named Peluso in the United States and Spain.

Is the surname Peluso getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,765 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,712 in 2010, down 1.4%.

The surname Peluso

An Italian surname, carried by 3,712 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peluso is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Peluso, Italianization of Sicilian Pilusu, from Sicilian pilusu (“hairy”), from pilu + -usu.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,712 people named Peluso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,175 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,765.

#8,822

rank among US surnames

3,712

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,115)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,813	Romans	3,715	83,108
#8,814	Coblentz	3,714	83,130
#8,817	Lonergan	3,713	83,153
#8,822	Molitor	3,712	83,175
#8,828	Wolverton	3,711	83,197

Who is named Peluso

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

94% of people named Peluso identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 1.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pelusos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nathy Peluso
Argentine-born Spanish singer (born 1995)
Tony Peluso
American guitarist and record producer (1950–2010)
Mike Peluso
American ice hockey player (born 1965)

Notable Pelusos come mostly from the United States (2) and Spain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Peluso

Peluso has the Soundex code P420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P420.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Peluso come from?: Borrowed from Italian Peluso, Italianization of Sicilian Pilusu, from Sicilian pilusu (“hairy”), from pilu + -usu.
How common is the surname Peluso?: 3,712 people in the United States had the surname Peluso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,175 Americans. It ranked 8,822nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Peluso?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Peluso identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Peluso?: Nathy Peluso, Argentine-born Spanish singer (born 1995), followed by Tony Peluso.
Where is the surname Peluso most common?: Wikidata records people named Peluso in the United States and Spain.
Is the surname Peluso getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,765 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,712 in 2010, down 1.4%.