Podesta
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Podestà.
Proper noun
Podesta (plural Podestas)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Podesta is the 30946th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 751 individuals. Podesta is most common among White (82.02%) and Hispanic/Latino (15.71%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Podesta”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.