Alaimo surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Alaimo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,107 people carried this name — #14,233 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 140,800 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,976 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 488 people named Alaimo live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 264
Santa Fe 100
City of Buenos Aires 49
Córdoba 23
Río Negro 15
Santiago del Estero 15
Neuquén 12
Mendoza 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 422 people named Alaimo live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 263
Liège 146
Limburg 8
Walloon Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 112 people named Alaimo.

Most of them — 83 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Isère.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 83
Isère 9
Bouches-du-Rhône 5
Pas-de-Calais 3
Paris 2
Seine-Saint-Denis 1
Var 1
Haute-Savoie 1
Rhône 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

68 people named Alaimo live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 10
Ticino 10
Valais 9
Solothurn 7
Basel-Stadt 7
Basel-Landschaft 7
St. Gallen 5
Schwyz 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Alaimo in American newspapers,
1860–1928.

Newspaper page from L'italia carrying the name Alaimo
L'italia 1917-09-03
Newspaper page from Nashville Patriot carrying the name Alaimo
Nashville Patriot 1860-01-16
Newspaper page from La Verita' = The Truth carrying the name Alaimo
La Verita' = The Truth 1928-12-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 199 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Alaimo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Maria Emma Alaimo
    Maria Emma Alaimo 1906–1997 · librarian
  • Maria Emma Alaimo
    Maria Emma Alaimo 1906–1997 · librarian
  • Anthony A. Alaimo
    Anthony A. Alaimo 1920–2009 · judge
  • Gerry Alaimo d. 2018 · basketball player
  • Marco Antonio Alaimo 1590–1662 · writer
  • Edoardo Alaimo 1893–1962 · fencer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Alaimo is.
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