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    The surname Pizzo

    An Italian surname, carried by 3,161 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P200

    Pizzo: #10,193 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pizzo #10,193, 3,161 people Pizzo: #10,193 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pizzo #10,193, 3,161 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pizzo is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    A surname from Italian.

    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 3,161 people named Pizzo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,673 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,129.

    #10,193
    rank among US surnames
    3,161
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #9,529)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,186Smit3,16497,581
    #10,189Thome3,16397,612
    #10,191O'Loughlin3,16297,642
    #10,193Pizzo3,16197,673
    #10,197Garr3,16097,704

    Who is named Pizzo

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

    95% of people named Pizzo identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pizzos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Manuela Pizzo
      Argentine handball player, born 1991

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Pizzo

    Pizzo 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 Pizzo come from?
    Pizzo is Italian in origin.
    How common is the surname Pizzo?
    3,161 people in the United States had the surname Pizzo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,673 Americans. It ranked 10,193rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pizzo?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pizzo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Pizzo?
    Manuela Pizzo, Argentine handball player.
    Where is the surname Pizzo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pizzo in Argentina.
    Is the surname Pizzo getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,161 in 2010, up 1.0%.