# Pinto (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,366 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,687 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,450 people |
| Change since 2000 | +22% (17,488 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pinto 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) | 50% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 38% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pinto in Brazil, Portugal, the Kingdom of Portugal, Italy, the United States and Argentina.

## People named Pinto

- Alicilio Pinto Silva Junior, Brazilian association football player
- André Pinto, Brazilian association football player
- Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, 68th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Saint John
- Cosimo Pinto, boxer
- Adriana Moisés Pinto, Brazilian basketball player (born 1978)
- Adriano Ferreira Pinto, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Shane Pinto, American ice hockey player
- Luiz Ribeiro Pinto Neto, Brazilian footballer (1946–2022)
- Fátima Pinto, association football player
- Antonio Pinto, Brazilian film score composer (born 1967)
- Fábio Pinto, Brazilian footballer
- Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira, Brazilian Roman-Catholic priest

and 9 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Pinedo, Pinette, Pint, Point, Pineda, Puente, Pond, Pandya, Pound, Pando, Ponte, Penate.

## 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.