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    The surname Pozzi

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,178 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P200

    Pozzi: #22,012 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pozzi #22,012, 1,178 people Pozzi: #22,012 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pozzi #22,012, 1,178 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pozzi is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    From Italian pozzi ("wells"), plural of pozzo ("well").

    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 1,178 people named Pozzi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,093 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,176.

    #22,012
    rank among US surnames
    1,178
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #20,871)

    Who is named Pozzi

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

    91% of people named Pozzi identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.1%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pozzis

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Elisabetta Pozzi
      Actress, born 1955

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pozzi

    Pozzi 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 Pozzi come from?
    From Italian pozzi ("wells"), plural of pozzo ("well").
    How common is the surname Pozzi?
    1,178 people in the United States had the surname Pozzi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,093 Americans. It ranked 22,012th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pozzi?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pozzi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Pozzi?
    Elisabetta Pozzi, actress.
    Where is the surname Pozzi most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pozzi in Italy.
    Is the surname Pozzi getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,176 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,178 in 2010, up 0.2%.