Pontecorvo is used as a family name or surname in Italy. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pontecorvo
No. of characters: 10
Origin: Italy
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Pontecorvo

How popular is Pontecorvo?

Pontecorvo is common in Italy.

Pontecorvo is ranked 163941 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Pontecorvos grew by 9.615385 per cent to 342 since 2000 and ranked 59171 after elevating 1219 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.13 89.74
Hispanic or Latino 9.36 8.97
Pontecorvo is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Italy which may be its originating country too. Around 2241 people have been found who wears Pontecorvo as their family name. Pontecorvo have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
615,517 Russia6
184,212 France3
172,258 Germany1
47,891 Norway1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
109,551 Australia13
171,702 Canada12
Countries with hundreds of Pontecorvo:
55,765 United States465
19,920 Argentina269
14,944 Mexico262
Countries with thousands of Pontecorvo:
8,961 Italy1,209

Immigrants to US

From Italy

Adelaide Pontecorvo worked as dressmaker and hailed from New York, Italy. 12 years old embarked for New York from Naples on Hesperia and arrived on April 27, 1897. Adelaide Pontecorvo (12) Dressmaker, Antonio Pontecorvo (21) Country man, Antonio Pontecorvo, aged 46, Antonio Pontecorvo, aged 46, Domenico Pontecorvo (58) Farmer, Domenico Pontecorvo, aged 59, 30 years old Genaro Pontecorvo, Luca Pontecorvo, aged 46, and 6 other Pontecorvo around 61.11% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer migrated to US from Naples, Genoa, Gibraltar & Naples and Naples & Palermo.

Pontecorvo Namesakes

  • Bruno Pontecorvo, Physicist
  • Ludovico Pontecorvo, Marco Pontecorvo's brother
  • Guido Pontecorvo, Geneticist

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