Ponticello

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: bridge (of a violin etc.)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/pɑntɪkɛɫoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ponticello is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States
  • ITItaly
  • AUAustralia

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

diminutive of ponte: small bridge

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

How Ponticello is read(measured from records)

Ponticello is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English80%

    bridge (of a violin etc.)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Italian6.6%

    diminutive of ponte: small bridge

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.

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)

Ponticello is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, Stīgu balstiņš

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ponticello,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Ponticello
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010320#62,531
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000319#59,293
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020296#71,105
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20244#118,617
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20084#116,314
IT Italy意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

Where does the name Ponticello come from?
diminutive of ponte: small bridge Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Ponticello?
A machine transcription gives /pɑntɪkɛɫoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Ponticello mean?
In English, bridge (of a violin etc.)
In which country does Ponticello have the most bearers?
Ponticello is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

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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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ponticello”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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