The Bandiera surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 104 people carried this name — #156,044 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 5% from 110 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 316 people named Bandiera 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 Mendoza.
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 150 people named Bandiera.
Most of them — 87 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Isère.
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
42 people named Bandiera live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 Bandiera,
with a public archive behind them.
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Attilio Bandiera 1810–1844 · military officer -
Emilio Bandiera 1819–1844 · military officer -
Irma Bandiera 1915–1944 · partisan -
Benedetto Bandiera 1564–1634 · painter
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Alessandro Bandiera 1699–1770 · presbyter
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Francesco Bandiera 1785–1847 · admiral
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bandiera.
- Banasiak 547 · U.S. census
- Banaszak 1,196 · U.S. census
- Bance 189 · U.S. census
- Banco 190 · U.S. census
- Banda 15,055 · U.S. census
- Bandel 566 · U.S. census
- Bandin 250 · U.S. census
- Bandini 255 · U.S. census
- Banegas 3,493 · U.S. census
- Banes 2,065 · U.S. census
- Banet 533 · U.S. census
- Baney 2,553 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bandiera is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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