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The Arrighi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 419 people carried this name — #49,999 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (421).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Arrighi surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Patronymic surname, from the personal name Arrigo.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Arrighi» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 984 people named Arrighi.

106 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 55 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 106
Corsica 486
Bouches-du-Rhône 126
Paris 60
Var 38
Alpes-Maritimes 32
Rhône 10
Gironde 7
Eure-et-Loir 7

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 676 people named Arrighi 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 363
Mendoza 92
City of Buenos Aires 91
Santa Fe 45
Córdoba 32
Entre Ríos 31
La Pampa 22

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

84 people named Arrighi live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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

Ticino 39
Fribourg 29
Aargau 7
Zurich 5
Geneva 4

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 Arrighi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean-Toussaint Arrighi de Casanova
    Jean-Toussaint Arrighi de Casanova 1778–1853 · politician
  • Jean-Toussaint Arrighi de Casanova
    Jean-Toussaint Arrighi de Casanova 1778–1853 · politician
  • Giulia Civinini Arrighi
    Giulia Civinini Arrighi 1838–1907 · teacher
  • Giulia Civinini Arrighi
    Giulia Civinini Arrighi 1838–1907 · teacher
  • Paolo Arrighi 1549–1587 · Catholic theologian
  • Giuseppe Arrighi 1646–1706 · painter

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Arrighi 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.

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