Pinto Surname

391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,315,814 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
East Timor

Pinto Surname Definition:

(Portug.) Chick, Chickling [Portug. pinto, pintão]

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Pinto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil497,9561:43058
Angola162,8801:16625
Portugal101,8681:10218
Mozambique84,6641:32248
Venezuela60,5681:49991
Colombia49,3521:968208
Chile37,1791:474102
East Timor32,5801:379
Bolivia27,3481:38874
United States23,4221:15,4751,965
Italy21,1871:2,887235
India19,6441:39,0482,751
Peru19,5171:1,629269
Argentina18,6071:2,297300
Mexico17,5621:7,068817
Spain16,0791:2,908345
France15,3601:4,324337
Guinea-Bissau14,2601:12145
Panama12,0931:32464
Ecuador9,5461:1,666290
Philippines8,0171:12,6281,292
Honduras7,9631:1,107236
Guatemala7,2681:2,213366
Sri Lanka5,4091:3,847548
Ghana3,7411:7,223973
Paraguay3,6821:1,965297
Canada3,5231:10,4591,568
Israel3,5101:2,438296
El Salvador2,7861:2,277363
England2,7841:20,0142,837
Bangladesh2,6131:60,9863,114
Switzerland1,5901:5,165778
Oman1,5411:2,393358
Cape Verde1,4321:37069
South Africa1,4121:38,3694,929
Indonesia1,2831:103,07810,601
Australia1,1481:23,5153,227
Puerto Rico1,1151:3,184261
Thailand9761:72,3759,456
Malawi9671:17,7032,784
Belgium9611:11,9631,784
Uruguay8761:3,918459
Germany8611:93,50211,698
São Tomé and Príncipe7871:22550
Luxembourg6761:85970
Togo6301:11,5042,968
Costa Rica4431:10,790522
Morocco4431:77,82413,257
Dominican Republic3931:26,5471,634
Kuwait3861:9,8461,349
Netherlands3771:44,7947,616
Malaysia3411:86,4936,038
United Arab Emirates3391:27,0273,026
Cuba3301:34,9171,671
New Zealand3131:14,4672,543
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Jamaica2381:12,0591,231
Andorra2151:39058
DR Congo1501:492,53039,325
Zimbabwe1501:102,92214,428
Namibia1461:16,5032,958
Suriname1341:4,124860
Bahrain1031:13,0932,472
Ireland1001:47,0893,474
Kenya981:471,22324,622
Pakistan941:1,900,46718,692
Japan931:1,374,67023,414
Senegal841:173,5641,322
Turkey791:985,08144,945
Tanzania661:802,14642,626
Scotland621:86,3526,198
Wales591:52,4504,823
Belize571:6,2361,017
Norway561:91,82712,640
Uganda531:736,59036,183
Jersey521:1,908304
Qatar501:47,1604,880
Sweden481:205,14114,201
Denmark421:134,39812,049
Nicaragua411:146,8562,200
Trinidad and Tobago411:33,2683,344
Russia401:3,603,076182,447
Greece351:316,56545,415
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
Austria331:258,04330,255
China301:45,577,3862,472
Ivory Coast301:769,04120,891
Northern Ireland261:70,9635,105
French Polynesia251:11,2322,339
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Barbados191:15,129942
Curaçao191:8,276277
Aruba181:5,749789
Czechia161:664,59262,292
Iceland161:23,7561,850
Hong Kong141:523,9633,360
Macau141:42,974357
Gibraltar131:2,612585
Monaco121:3,089236
Hungary101:981,62846,877
Gabon91:209,9102,378
Libya91:693,7751,982
Rwanda91:1,262,7752,632
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
Algeria81:4,828,94449,535
Liberia81:551,06725,208
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Benin71:1,476,51557,381
Guyana71:108,8897,175
Jordan71:1,263,20516,935
Romania71:2,868,26756,178
Taiwan71:3,349,24920,155
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Haiti41:2,670,97716,453
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
North Macedonia41:525,36820,918
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Palau11:21,643223
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England421:580,36629,847
Scotland81:467,90212,875
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1531:328,22725,501

The alternate forms: Pintó (57), Pìnto (8), Pínto (7), Pïnto (1) & Pînto (1) are calculated separately.

Pinto (38,076) may also be a first name.

Pinto Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Portug.) Chick, Chickling [Portug. pinto, pintão]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

One who painted; one who had a scar or blemish; nickname for a childish person; or for a devilish man; one who came from Pinto, in Spain.

From the latin "pictus" - painted or shaded by different colors. Place name in Argentina, Chile, and Spain.

From latin "pintare" that means painted. Usually refers to a horse with spots.

Castilian name of Portuguese origin.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

Place name in Spain.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Spanish) One who painted; one who had a scar or blemish.

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

User-submitted Reference

Pinto is a Portuguese surname that is thought to have a descriptive origin. It is an archaic form that is thought to be derived from "pintado", meaning "spotted".

- mfariacastro

Pinto Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pinto (Arabic: بينتو, Bengali: পিন্টু, Hindi: पिन्टो, Marathi: िपन्टो, Oriya: ପିୋ, Russian: Пинто, Tibetan: པིན་ཀྲོ་) is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Pintó, Pìnto, Pínto, Pïnto or Pînto. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pinto? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pinto is the 391st most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 5,538 people. The last name Pinto occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Pinto live; 55 percent live in South America and 38 percent live in Luso-South America. Pinto is also the 23,154th most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 38,076 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 497,956 people, or 1 in 430. In Brazil Pinto is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 20 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 13 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 13 percent reside. Not including Brazil this surname occurs in 169 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 12 percent reside and Portugal, where 8 percent reside.

Pinto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pinto has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pinto surname increased 15,308 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 6,629 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 10,000 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 775 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 1,475 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pinto Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Pinto last name are 5.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.92% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pinto earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 8.61% more than the national average, earning €32,617 per year; in Norway they earn 22.98% less than the national average, earning 266,563 kr per year; in Peru they earn 13.1% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,924 per year; in South Africa they earn 100.01% more than the national average, earning R 475,308 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.81% less than the national average, earning $22,064,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.09% more than the national average, earning $46,210 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.39% more than the national average, earning $55,841 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pintó9357/
Pìnto938/
Pínto937/
Pïnto931/
Pînto931/
Pintos9144,203/
Pintoo911,452/
Pintoy91900/
Pintho91133/
Pintou9132/
Pintoi9122/
Piento9122/
Pintto9119/
Pinnto9114/
Puinto9113/
Pionto919/
Pintod919/
Pintot917/
Ppinto914/
Pintoz913/
Pintoh913/
Pintop913/
Pintgo911/
Pnto8953/
Pintout8346/
Pintoux8314/
D'Pinto837/
Pinthoi834/
Pintous832/
Pientoň831/
Pisntoy831/
Pinthou831/
Pintods831/
Pinta8012,987/
Pento801,037/
Pimto8031/
Pynto8016/
Pınto801/
Pntod801/
Pienta73990/
Pintat73696/
Pintha73329/
Pentoy73315/
Pintas73197/
Paento73168/
Pintač73131/
Pentoś7383/
Puinta7374/
Pentos7331/
Pintau7320/
Pentoi7316/
Puento7316/
Pentou737/
Pěntoň734/
Pentho734/
Pintah734/
Pentoh733/
Pintad732/
Pentoo732/
Pyntoz732/
Pintta732/
Pentod731/
Pentoj731/
Pindta731/
Pnthoi731/
Píntto731/
Pionta731/
Pintaz731/
Pintać731/
Pîntos731/
Pıntos731/
Pimtod731/
Pimtos731/
Pintap731/
Penthoi673,235/
Pintaud67315/
Pinteau67256/
Pintaux6738/
Pentoch6710/
Pentoux6710/
Penthou679/
Pinthat677/
Pintaut674/
Pintach674/
Penthod672/
Pnta672/
Pentoss672/
Pinthad671/
Pinttaa671/
Pinthau671/
Pientha671/
Pentous671/
Pentoid670/

Pinto Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pinto in the Tibetan language
པིན་ཀྲོ་pintro-
Pinto in the Oriya language
ପିୋpio-
Pinto in the Bengali language
পিন্টুpintu81.82
পিন্টোpinto9.09
পিনটুpinatu9.09
Pinto in the Hindi language
पिन्टोpinto63.9
पिंटोpinto16.59
पिन्टूpintu10.73
पिन्तोpinto3.41
पिण्टोpinto2.93
पिंतोpinto0.49
पिंटाेpintae0.49
पीन्तोpinto0.49
पिन्टुpintu0.49
पीन्टोpinto0.49
Pinto in the Marathi language
िपन्टोipanto51.37
पींटोpinto17.68
िंपन्टोimpanto17.05
पीन्टोpinto4.74
पटोpato3.68
बीनोbino0.84
पीन्टूpintu0.42
पीटोpito0.42
पीटpita0.21
इंथintha0.21
इंतinta0.21
िपण्टोipanto0.21
बीनॅटोbineto0.21
पीनpina0.21
िंवटोinvato0.21
ीन्टinta0.21
इनेटineta0.21
पींटूpintu0.11
पुनटोpunato0.11
Pinto in the Russian language
Пинтоpinto-
Pinto in the Arabic language
بينتوbyntw-
بنتوbntw-

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