Pignata Surname

150,792nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,923 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Pignata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pignata Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1,6721:36,5776,559
Brazil6741:317,61812,241
Argentina3251:131,51811,138
United States781:4,646,909242,363
France631:1,054,329115,549
Uruguay451:76,2617,891
Paraguay251:289,4704,710
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Pigñata (1) are calculated separately.

Pignata (12) may also be a first name.

Pignata Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pignata is found in Italy more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Pigñata. Click here for further potential spellings of Pignata.

How Common Is The Last Name Pignata? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 150,792nd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,493,173 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 60 percent of Pignata reside; 57 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 57 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 12 people.

The surname is most widely held in Italy, where it is borne by 1,672 people, or 1 in 36,577. In Italy Pignata is primarily concentrated in: Campania, where 33 percent are found, Lombardy, where 22 percent are found and Calabria, where 16 percent are found. Not including Italy Pignata is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 23 percent are found and Argentina, where 11 percent are found.

Pignata Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pignata surname are 5.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.17% registered with the political party.

The amount Pignata earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 29.24% more than the national average, earning €38,811 per year; in United States they earn 12.2% more than the national average, earning $48,413 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.29% more than the national average, earning $50,820 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pignata
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