Find out how popular the last name Pizzuto is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Pizzuto.

Pizzuto, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Pizzuto surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Pizzuto in America

Pizzuto is the 21790th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Pizzuto surname appeared 1,193 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Pizzuto.

We can also compare 2010 data for Pizzuto to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Pizzuto

The surname Pizzuto is of Italian origin, deriving from the regions of Campania and Calabria in southern Italy. It can be traced back to the late medieval period, around the 13th or 14th century.

The name is believed to have originated from the Italian word "pizzo," meaning "point" or "peak." This suggests that the earliest bearers of the name may have lived near a prominent hilltop or mountain peak.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name is found in the State Archives of Palermo, Sicily, where a certain Nicola Pizzuto is mentioned in a document from 1349.

In the 15th century, the name appears in various records from the towns of Caserta and Avellino in the Campania region. A notable individual from this time was Giovanni Pizzuto, a merchant from Avellino who was involved in the silk trade with Venice.

The name can also be found in historical records from the town of Reggio Calabria in Calabria, where a family by the name of Pizzuto owned land and properties in the 16th century.

Throughout the centuries, the surname has been spelled in various ways, including Pizzuto, Pizzuti, Pizzuta, and Pizzuto.

One of the earliest notable figures with the surname was Cesare Pizzuto, a military commander who fought for the Kingdom of Naples in the early 17th century. He played a significant role in the wars against the Spanish Empire.

Another prominent individual was Girolamo Pizzuto, a Baroque architect from Palermo who lived in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He designed several churches and palaces in Sicily, including the Church of San Domenico in Palermo.

In the 19th century, Antonio Pizzuto was a poet and writer from Catanzaro, Calabria. He was known for his works in the Calabrian dialect and his contributions to preserving the region's cultural heritage.

A more recent figure was Vincenzo Pizzuto, an Italian-American artist and sculptor who lived from 1914 to 2003. He was known for his large-scale public sculptures and his work in various mediums, including bronze, stone, and wood.

Finally, Aldo Pizzuto was an Italian physicist and academic who made significant contributions to the field of nuclear physics. He was born in 1920 and passed away in 2012, having taught at several prestigious universities in Italy.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Pizzuto

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Pizzuto.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Pizzuto was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Pizzuto has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Pizzuto was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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