The Argenta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 197 people carried this name — #93,125 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is down 19% from 242 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Argenta surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
Probably related to argento (“silver”), in reference to the whitish color of the local soil.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Argenta» (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 86 people named Argenta 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.
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 63 people named Argenta.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
33 people named Argenta live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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 Argenta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ataulfo Argenta 1913–1958 · composer -
Giovanni Battista Argenta 1841–1915
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Fernando Argenta 1945–2013 · journalist
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Nancy Argenta 1957– · singer
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Andrea Argenta 1996– · volleyball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Argenta.
- Arenas 11,809 · U.S. census
- Arend 1,943 · U.S. census
- Arens 3,060 · U.S. census
- Arent 1,186 · U.S. census
- Ares 1,104 · U.S. census
- Arevalo 23,895 · U.S. census
- Argenti 267 · U.S. census
- Argento 1,221 · U.S. census
- Argot 132 · U.S. census
- Argy 152 · U.S. census
- Aria 390 · U.S. census
- Arial 123 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Argenta is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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