Balzano surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Balzano surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,288 people carried this name — #20,574 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,283).

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 432 people named Balzano 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 249
City of Buenos Aires 115
Santa Fe 38
Entre Ríos 20
Córdoba 10

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 209 people named Balzano.

98 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 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

Born outside France 98
Bouches-du-Rhône 39
Corsica 22
Loire 13
Paris 7
Essonne 7
Seine-Saint-Denis 5
Haute-Savoie 4
Moselle 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

87 people named Balzano live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 18
Graubünden 15
Bern 12
Ticino 11
Geneva 9
Vaud 8
Fribourg 4
Valais 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 Balzano,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Angelo Balzano 1829–1910 · Catholic priest
  • Vincenzo Balzano 1866–1951 · author
  • Vincenzo Balzano 1866–1951 · author
  • Flora Balzano 1951– · writer
  • Marco Balzano 1978– · writer
  • Angela Balzano 1984– · bioethicist

Wikidata (CC0).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Balzano 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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