Pesce is used as a family name or surname in Italy. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pesce
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Italy
Meaning: A very common name in the Southeast, which is the Italian pesce (= fish). Nickname formed either by metonymy (eg a fisherman) or metaphorically (why not someone as dumb as a fish, or who always mouth open ...).

How popular is Pesce?

Pesce is common in Italy.

Pesce is ranked 14961 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Pesce bearers increased by 4.428044 per cent in 2010 US census to 2830 since 2000, the surname slipped by 372 spots and ranked at 11174. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.1 94.83
Hispanic or Latino 4.77 2.92
Black 0.49 0.48
Others 0.32 1.25
Pesce is quite popular family name mostly used in Italy while Uruguay is ahead in terms of density. Around 35193 people have been found who wears Pesce as their family name. Pesce is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
812 Monaco5
720,003 Russia4
10,542 China4
381,097 Ukraine4
35,789 Turkey3
17,547 Colombia2
21,529 Singapore2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
1,834 Malta2
13,606 Senegal1
30,360 Thailand1
174,544 Czech Republic1
107,212 South Africa1
1,704,541 India1
53,033 Nigeria1
37,779 Serbia1
40,340 Malaysia1
2,374 Bermuda1
6,149 Ethiopia1
408 Åland1
31,207 Ireland1
29,046 Japan1
14,373 Jordan1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
28,365 Kenya1
6,688 Malawi1
47,891 Norway1
9,591 Panama1
5,924 Paraguay1
586 San Marino1
38,841 Scotland1
1,542 Andorra1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
49,393 Netherlands35
1,985 Luxembourg33
42,407 Sweden22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,740 Romania84
20,785 Belgium82
18,012 Peru57
Countries with hundreds of Pesce:
409 Uruguay929
3,855 Venezuela477
25,888 Germany403
13,847 Canada272
17,404 Mexico209
6,581 Switzerland180
17,508 Australia149
23,229 Spain121
36,041 England118
Countries with thousands of Pesce:
800 Argentina5,644
9,913 United States3,692
4,557 Brazil3,100
6,595 France1,310
1,223 Chile1,214
Countries with ten thousands of Pesce:
259 Italy17,009
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

A. Pesce worked as barber and hailed from Italy. 23 years old embarked for New York from Naples & Trieste on Elysia and arrived on April 22, 1890. 33 years old A.M. Pesce, 23 years old Agostino Pesce, Alessio Pesce, aged 35, 34 years old Alfonso Pesce, Andrea Pesce (27) Peasant, Angela Pesce (48) Country woman, Farmer Angelo Pesce, Laborer Angelo Pesce, and 150 other Pesce around 48.65% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer and peasant, country woman, shoemaker, country man, servant, musician, porter, carpenter, artist migrated to US from Naples, Havre, Gibraltar & Naples, Genoa & Naples, Gibraltar and Naples & Palermo.

Comments

L
Leesa Miley
pesce means fish that has the nickname apply a fishmonger or a fisherman.

Pesce Namesakes

  • Jeff Pescetto, Musical Artist
  • Luis Pescetti, Novelist
  • Luis Pescetti, Novelist
  • Bruno Pesce, Soccer player
  • Angelique A. Pesce, Costume designer
  • Angelique A. Pesce, Costume designer
  • Giovanni Battista Pescetti, Organist
  • Biagio Pesce, Author
  • Gaetano Pesce, Architect
  • Celestino Pesce, Author

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