Altobelli surname: meaning, census count and records | FamilyCrests

The Altobelli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 813 people carried this name — #29,138 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 763 in 2000.

Share

What the name means

The meaning of the Altobelli surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the rare personal name Altobello.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Altobelli» (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 284 people named Altobelli 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 171
Salta 63
City of Buenos Aires 50

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 84 people named Altobelli.

39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 39
Rhône 26
Paris 12
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Nord 2
Ardèche 1
Hauts-de-Seine 1
Val-de-Marne 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

30 people named Altobelli live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 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 16
Vaud 11
Ticino 3

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 Altobelli,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ilario Altobelli
    Ilario Altobelli 1560–1637 · astronomer
  • Argentina Altobelli
    Argentina Altobelli 1866–1942 · entrepreneur
  • Gioacchino Altobelli 1814–1879 · photographer
  • Carlo Altobelli 1857–1917 · lawyer
  • Enzo Altobelli 1926–1986 · cellist
  • Enzo Altobelli 1926–1986 · cellist

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Altobelli is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

Scroll to Top