Pellegrino Surname

9,407th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60,144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Pellegrino Surname Definition:

(Italian) Descendant of Pellegrino (pilgrim).

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Pellegrino Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy40,0991:1,52569
United States10,4921:34,5464,307
Argentina3,8251:11,1751,043
Brazil1,6591:129,0384,916
Canada9551:38,5824,843
Australia6631:40,7175,245
Switzerland4461:18,4153,019
France4171:159,28724,743
Venezuela2861:105,6093,789
Germany2421:332,66732,901
Spain1531:305,56918,303
England1371:406,70127,895
Uruguay1191:28,8383,324
Belgium951:121,01717,762
Dominican Republic921:113,4014,751
Luxembourg801:7,2571,108
Thailand621:1,139,328167,850
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Netherlands471:359,30239,900
Peru381:836,42417,653
Chile201:880,82418,509
Mexico161:7,757,88835,569
Norway121:428,52437,411
Austria121:709,62061,025
Colombia111:4,343,09717,306
Northern Mariana Islands111:4,962486
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Cape Verde51:105,9283,425
China51:273,464,31313,838
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
North Macedonia31:700,49123,754
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Malta11:430,2723,380
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

The alternate forms: Pellegrinò (2) are calculated separately.

Pellegrino (5,830) may also be a first name.

Pellegrino Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Italian) Descendant of Pellegrino (pilgrim).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the word pellegrino, which means 'pilgrim'. The word pellegrini means more than one, therefore 'pilgrims'.

- paulamendes2804

Pellegrino Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pellegrino Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Pellegrino (Russian: Пеллегрино) is found most frequently in Italy. It can occur in the variant forms: Pellegrinò. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pellegrino? popularity and diffusion

Pellegrino is the 9,407th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 121,168 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Pellegrino reside; 67 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 67 percent reside in Italic Europe. Pellegrino is also the 87,309th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 5,830 people.

Pellegrino is most commonly occurring in Italy, where it is carried by 40,099 people, or 1 in 1,525. In Italy it is most frequent in: Campania, where 20 percent are found, Sicily, where 19 percent are found and Apulia, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Italy Pellegrino exists in 67 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Argentina, where 6 percent are found.

Pellegrino Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pellegrino has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 58,289 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pellegrino Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pellegrino surname are 0.26000000000001% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.49% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pellegrino earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 5.81% less than the national average, earning €28,286 per year; in Norway they earn 21.2% less than the national average, earning 272,725 kr per year; in Peru they earn 164.97% more than the national average, earning S/. 51,365 per year; in Colombia they earn 37.02% less than the national average, earning $14,298,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.56% more than the national average, earning $49,431 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.42% more than the national average, earning $57,343 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pellegrino Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pellegrino in the Russian language
Пеллегриноpellegrino-

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