The Allegra surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 552 people carried this name — #39,773 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 542 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Allegra surname
A surname transferred from the given name.
From allegra (“cheerful, mirthful”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Allegra» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 110 people named Allegra 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 83 people named Allegra.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Loire.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
50 people named Allegra live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 Allegra,
with a public archive behind them.
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Edmondo Allegra 1889–1950 · clarinetist -
Edmondo Allegra 1889–1939 · clarinetist
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Tullio Allegra 1862–1934 · painter
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Melchiorre Allegra 1881–1951 · physician
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Melchiorre Allegra 1881–1951 · physician
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Nazzareno Allegra 1889–1974 · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Allegra.
- Allaman 253 · U.S. census
- Allan 11,867 · U.S. census
- Allard 10,047 · U.S. census
- Alle 251 · U.S. census
- Allec 132 · U.S. census
- Allee 2,669 · U.S. census
- Allegre 123 · U.S. census
- Allegri 156 · U.S. census
- Allegrini 198 · U.S. census
- Allegro 493 · U.S. census
- Allely 121 · U.S. census
- Alleman 4,318 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Allegra is.
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