Explore the Family Name Pisoni

The meaning of Pisoni

Italian: patronymic or plural form of Pisone, which is probably from an augmentative of Piso ‘pea’, but in Lombardy may have originated as a nickname from pison, a dialect word meaning ‘pear’, perhaps used for someone with a bald or shaven head. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Salvatore, Umberto.

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How common is the last name Pisoni in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Pisoni saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Pisoni was ranked 70,273 in terms of commonality, but by 2010, it slipped to 76,029, reflecting an 8.19% drop in rank. The number of individuals carrying this surname also declined from 260 to 253, a -2.69% change. Consequently, the proportion of people named Pisoni per 100,000 dropped by 10%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#70,273	#76,029	-8.19%
Count	260	253	-2.69%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.09	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pisoni

In terms of ethnicity as provided by the Decennial U.S. Census, there were some notable changes for the surname Pisoni between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, almost 95% of Pisonis identified as White, but this figure dropped slightly to just over 92% in 2010. Interestingly, there was an introduction of Hispanic identity among Pisonis in 2010, which hadn't been present in 2000. Additionally, the percentage of Pisonis identifying with two or more races nearly doubled from just over 2% in 2000 to over 4% in 2010. There was no representation of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native identities in either year among those carrying the Pisoni surname.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.62%	92.09%	-2.67%
Two or More Races	2.31%	4.35%	88.31%
Hispanic	0%	1.98%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%