Pinto

Pinto is a Spanish, Jewish (Sephardic), Portuguese, and Italian surname. Historically, it has been common among political elite in Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries, as numerous Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Heads of State have shared the surname. The surname Pinto is largely found in Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Italy, Angola, Goa and numerous South American nations. Pinto is also a high-frequency surname in Israel, Luxembourg, and East Timor.[1] In many languages, Pinto means "colorful" or "painted" as it derives from the late Latin pinctus and classical Latin pictus, and in some cases, at least from the same word in the sense "lively or restless person".[2] It is linguistically related to the name of Columbus' ship La Pinta, meaning "The Painted One", "The Look", or "The Spotted One".[3] Also related, though greatly diverging in meaning, is the unit of measurement "pint", which comes from the Old French word pinte and perhaps ultimately from Vulgar Latin pincta meaning "painted", for marks painted on the side of a container to show capacity.[4]