The Balestrieri surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 787 people carried this name — #29,854 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 761 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Balestrieri surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From balestriere (“crossbowman”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Balestrieri» (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 171 people named Balestrieri 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 105 people named Balestrieri.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
49 people named Balestrieri live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 Balestrieri,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Domenico Balestrieri 1714–1780 · poet -
Lionello Balestrieri 1872–1958 · painter -
Lionello Balestrieri 1872–1958 · painter -
Lionello Balestrieri 1872–1958 · painter
-
Lionello Balestrieri 1872–1958 · painter
-
Domenico Balestrieri 1450– · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Balestrieri.
- Balen 246 · U.S. census
- Balent 307 · U.S. census
- Baler 126 · U.S. census
- Bales 13,326 · U.S. census
- Balestra 461 · U.S. census
- Balestreri 268 · U.S. census
- Balga 144 · U.S. census
- Bali 484 · U.S. census
- Balian 867 · U.S. census
- Balin 393 · U.S. census
- Ball 66,059 · U.S. census
- Balla 1,603 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Balestrieri 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.