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The Angelini surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,648 people carried this name — #17,182 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,606 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Angelini surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

Literally, “son of Angelino”, from Angelino, equivalent to the diminutive of Angelo or Angeli.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Angelini» (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 1,834 people named Angelini 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 822
Santa Fe 316
Córdoba 225
Mendoza 185
Entre Ríos 134
City of Buenos Aires 103
San Luis 23
Chubut 13

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 787 people named Angelini.

152 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 52 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 152
Corsica 274
Bouches-du-Rhône 105
Paris 41
Var 29
Meurthe-et-Moselle 18
Alpes-Maritimes 13
Isère 12
Nord 12

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

243 people named Angelini live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 42
Ticino 38
Vaud 34
Aargau 24
Graubünden 22
Basel-Stadt 16
Bern 15
Solothurn 9

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 127 people named Angelini 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.

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

Where they live today

Hainaut 58
Limburg 40
Liège 19
Brussels-Capital 10

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

In the Nordic population registers

25 people named Angelini is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 25

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Angelini in American newspapers,
1894–1915.

Newspaper page from The Pensacola Journal carrying the name Angelini
The Pensacola Journal 1915-12-16
Newspaper page from The Irish Standard carrying the name Angelini
The Irish Standard 1894-02-24
Newspaper page from The Minneapolis Journal carrying the name Angelini
The Minneapolis Journal 1906-03-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 692 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Angelini,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Niccolò Angelini 1537–1574 · architect
  • Niccolò Angelini 1537–1573 · architect
  • Maria Vittoria Angelini 1590–1659 · nun
  • Giacomo Angelini 1632–1714 · architect
  • Ambrogio Angelini 1636–1710 · Catholic priest
  • Scipione Angelini 1661–1729 · painter

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

When the index is not enough

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

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