How common is the surname Pesce?

2,830 people in the United States had the surname Pesce in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,097 Americans. It ranked 11,174th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pesce?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pesce identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pesce?

Brett Pesce, American ice hockey player, followed by Frank Pesce.

Where is the surname Pesce most common?

Wikidata records people named Pesce in the United States.

Is the surname Pesce getting more or less common?

More common. 2,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,830 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Pesce

An Italian surname, carried by 2,830 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pesce is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Pesce.

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 2,830 people named Pesce in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,097 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,710.

#11,174

rank among US surnames

2,830

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,802)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,168	Dewar	2,833	108,982
#11,170	Gines	2,832	109,020
#11,172	Rothe	2,831	109,059
#11,174	Hornung	2,830	109,097
#11,179	Lucey	2,829	109,136
#11,183	Bruhn	2,828	109,175

Who is named Pesce

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

94% of people named Pesce identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Two or more races 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pesces

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brett Pesce
American ice hockey player, born 1994
Frank Pesce
American actor, 1946–2022
Nicolas Pesce
American film director, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pesce

Pesce has the Soundex code P200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P200.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pesce come from?: Borrowed from Italian Pesce.
How common is the surname Pesce?: 2,830 people in the United States had the surname Pesce in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,097 Americans. It ranked 11,174th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pesce?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pesce identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pesce?: Brett Pesce, American ice hockey player, followed by Frank Pesce.
Where is the surname Pesce most common?: Wikidata records people named Pesce in the United States.
Is the surname Pesce getting more or less common?: More common. 2,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,830 in 2010, up 4.4%.