# Pugliese (surname)

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

A surname from Italian; compare Pugliesi.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,126 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,609 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 60,231 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (4,997 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˌpʊlˈjeɪ.zeɪ/, 4 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Italian pugliese. Analyzable as Puglia + -ese

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pugliese 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pugliese in Argentina.

## People named Pugliese

- Osvaldo Pugliese, Argentine pianist and tango composer (1905–1995)
- Marcelo Pugliese, Argentine discus thrower

## Similar surnames

Puglisi, Pasillas, Passalacqua, Picklesimer, Pujols, Puchalski.

## 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.