The Anselmi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 746 people carried this name — #31,107 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 707 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Anselmi surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From the personal name Anselmo.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Anselmi» (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 1,049 people named Anselmi 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 mapWhere 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 236 people named Anselmi.
79 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
146 people named Anselmi live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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
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 Anselmi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Michelangelo Anselmi 1492–1556 · painter -
Antonio Anselmi 1512–1568 · poet -
Antonio Anselmi d. 1952 · lyricist
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Giorgio Anselmi 1385–1450 · astrologer
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Giorgio Anselmi 1723–1797 · painter
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Angelo Antonio Anselmi 1747–1816 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Anselmi.
- Annoni 129 · U.S. census
- Annunziata 1,543 · U.S. census
- Ansaldi 216 · U.S. census
- Ansel 1,037 · U.S. census
- Anselm 475 · U.S. census
- Anselme 172 · U.S. census
- Anselmo 3,289 · U.S. census
- Anson 4,079 · U.S. census
- Anstett 926 · U.S. census
- Antal 1,243 · U.S. census
- Antczak 918 · U.S. census
- Anthon 457 · U.S. census
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