Pellegrino
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Pellegrino is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: pilgrim.
- ITItaly≈1 in 3.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 45K
- ARArgentina1 in 13K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 372 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈30,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
pilgrim
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pellegrino counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 46K | — | Pellegrino | 4 |
| IT Italy | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.7K | 5 | Pellegrino | 75 |
| US United States | 7,398 | 1 in 45K | 7.4K | Pellegrino | 372 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 64K | — | Pellegrino | 6 |
| AR Argentina | 3,410 | 1 in 13K | 3.4K | — | 2 |
| FR France | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 30K | 239 | — | 6 |
| CH Switzerland | 493 | 1 in 17K | 493 | Pellegrino | 20 |
| UY Uruguay | 249 | 1 in 14K | 249 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Pellegrino is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, Significato evidente, 'pellegrino'; nome di un santo del IV secolo.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, dal latino peregrinus, 'viandante, pellegrino'.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, Significato evidente. È un Santo del IV secolo. lo agoato. Si una anche il femminile Pdleg~a. Cogn. Pelarini, Pellarini (friulani; cfr. il francese pdlerin).
as a nameNomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche
In Italian, do lat. peregrinus; estrangeiro, romeiro
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In Italian, Variante di Pellegrini
as a nameDizionario dei cognomi italiani
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Michele Pellegrinob. 1903ITCatholic cardinal (1903-1986)
- Frank Pellegrinob. 1944USAmerican actor (1944-2017)
- Charles R. Pellegrinob. 1953USAmerican novelist
- Patrizia Pellegrinob. 1962ITItalian actress
- Mark Pellegrinob. 1965USAmerican actor (born 1965)
- Mauricio Pellegrinob. 1971ARArgentine association football manager (born 1971)
- Federico Pellegrinob. 1990ITItalian male cross-country skier
- Amahl Pellegrinob. 1990NONorwegian-Tanzanian footballer
- Mateo Pellegrinob. 2001ESArgentine professional footballer
- Marco Pellegrinob. 2002ARArgentine footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 46 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 185 | #40,339 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1922 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1929 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1916 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1932 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1920 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1925 | 6 | — |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 5 | #1,581 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1972 | 5 | — |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 1960 | 2 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 1960 | 2 | — |
| UY Uruguay | Montevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012) | 1959 | 1 | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Pellegrino mean, and where does it come from?
- pilgrim Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Pellegrino?
- In the etymology graph, Peregrine is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Pellegrino have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 30 thousand people named Pellegrino in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pellegrino.
- How common is the name Pellegrino?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,398 people named Pellegrino in 2010, about 1 in 45 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pellegrino”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.