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    The surname Pignataro

    An Italian surname, carried by 947 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex P253

    Pignataro: #25,935 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pignataro #25,935, 947 people Pignataro: #25,935 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pignataro #25,935, 947 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pignataro is more common than 84% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Pignataro, itself borrowed from Sicilian Pignataru, from Sicilian pignataru (“potter”), from pignata (“pot, pan”) + -aru (“-er”).

    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 947 people named Pignataro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 326,025 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 766.

    #25,935
    rank among US surnames
    947
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.6%
    change since 2000 (was #29,142)

    Who is named Pignataro

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

    91% of people named Pignataro identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.3%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pignataro come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Pignataro, itself borrowed from Sicilian Pignataru, from Sicilian pignataru (“potter”), from pignata (“pot, pan”) + -aru (“-er”).
    How common is the surname Pignataro?
    947 people in the United States had the surname Pignataro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 326,025 Americans. It ranked 25,935th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pignataro?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pignataro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Pignataro getting more or less common?
    More common. 766 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 947 in 2010, up 24%.