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The Alessandri surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 232 people carried this name — #81,458 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (232).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Alessandri surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Patronymic surname from the personal name Alessandro.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Alessandri» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 624 people named Alessandri.

88 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Corsica.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 88
Corsica 286
Bouches-du-Rhône 52
Paris 40
Var 38
Hérault 12
Ardennes 7
Alpes-Maritimes 7
Doubs 6

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 299 people named Alessandri 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 130
Entre Ríos 89
City of Buenos Aires 55
Santa Fe 25

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

169 people named Alessandri live in Switzerland.

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

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Where they live today

Lucerne 86
Zurich 19
Neuchâtel 17
Uri 13
Zug 7
Ticino 6
Nidwalden 6
Geneva 6

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.

Who carried it

People named Alessandri,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alessandro Alessandri
    Alessandro Alessandri 1391–1461
  • Alessandro Alessandri
    Alessandro Alessandri 1461–1523 · writer
  • Gabriele Alessandri
    Gabriele Alessandri 1529–1595 · Catholic bishop
  • Felice Alessandri
    Felice Alessandri 1742–1811 · composer
  • Vincenzo Alessandri d. 1657
  • Gaetano Alessandri 1660–1730 · cleric

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

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