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The Alfano surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,724 people carried this name — #7,088 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,588 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,318 people named Alfano 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 842
City of Buenos Aires 241
Santa Fe 100
Mendoza 46
Santiago del Estero 44
Córdoba 31
San Luis 14

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 189 people named Alfano.

Most of them — 143 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 143
Moselle 9
Bouches-du-Rhône 8
Alpes-Maritimes 7
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5
Rhône 3
Essonne 2
Var 2
Paris 2

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 177 people named Alfano 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 89
Liège 67
Limburg 21

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

97 people named Alfano live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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

Where they live today

Ticino 24
Zurich 17
St. Gallen 15
Valais 9
Aargau 9
Basel-Landschaft 7
Lucerne 5
Vaud 5

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

Alfano in American newspapers,
1907–1910.

Newspaper page from Perth Amboy Evening News carrying the name Alfano
Perth Amboy Evening News 1907-04-22
Newspaper page from The Times Dispatch carrying the name Alfano
The Times Dispatch 1907-04-22
Newspaper page from The Prescott Daily News carrying the name Alfano
The Prescott Daily News 1910-09-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,477 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Alfano,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Vincenzo Alfano
    Vincenzo Alfano 1850–1918 · sculptor
  • Enrico Alfano
    Enrico Alfano 1874–2000
  • Enrico Alfano
    Enrico Alfano 1874–2000
  • Giovanni Battista Alfano
    Giovanni Battista Alfano 1878–1955 · Catholic priest
  • Giovanni Battista Alfano
    Giovanni Battista Alfano 1878–1955 · Catholic priest
  • Genrose J. Alfano d. 2004

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

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