The surname Pinto
A surname, carried by 21,366 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P530
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 21,366 people named Pinto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,450 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,488.
Who is named Pinto
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
50% of people named Pinto identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 50%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 38%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 4.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 3.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
- Two or more races 1.3%
Famous Pintos
21 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Alicilio Pinto Silva JuniorBrazilian association football player, born 1977
- André PintoBrazilian association football player, born 1978
- Manuel Pinto da Fonseca68th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Saint John, 1681–1773
- Cosimo PintoBoxer, born 1943
- Adriana Moisés PintoBrazilian basketball player (born 1978)
- Adriano Ferreira PintoBrazilian footballer and manager, born 1979
- Shane PintoAmerican ice hockey player, born 2000
- Luiz Ribeiro Pinto NetoBrazilian footballer (1946–2022)
- Fátima PintoAssociation football player, born 1996
- Antonio PintoBrazilian film score composer (born 1967)
- Fábio PintoBrazilian footballer, born 1980
- Marcelo Pinto CarvalheiraBrazilian Roman-Catholic priest, 1923–2017
Notable Pintos come mostly from Brazil (15), Portugal (2) and the Kingdom of Portugal (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Pinto has the Soundex code P530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P530.
Questions
- How common is the surname Pinto?
- 21,366 people in the United States had the surname Pinto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,450 Americans. It ranked 1,687th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Pinto?
- In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Pinto identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Pinto?
- Alicilio Pinto Silva Junior, Brazilian association football player, followed by André Pinto.
- Where is the surname Pinto most common?
- Wikidata records people named Pinto in Brazil, Portugal and the Kingdom of Portugal and 3 other countries.
- Is the surname Pinto getting more or less common?
- More common. 17,488 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,366 in 2010, up 22%.