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The Bastiani surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 155 people carried this name — #113,155 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 151 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bastiani surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

From a reduced form of the personal name Sebastiano.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bastiani» (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 672 people named Bastiani 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 Chaco.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Chaco 342
Buenos Aires Province 203
City of Buenos Aires 35
Entre Ríos 25
Mendoza 20
Santa Fe 20
Corrientes 14
Chubut 13

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 312 people named Bastiani.

49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 49
Corsica 138
Bouches-du-Rhône 39
Alpes-Maritimes 14
Var 9
Aude 5
Seine-Maritime 5
Paris 5
Rhône 5

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

In print

Bastiani in American newspapers,
1871–1872.

Newspaper page from Minnesota Staats-zeitung carrying the name Bastiani
Minnesota Staats-zeitung 1872-02-08
Newspaper page from Minnesota Staats-zeitung carrying the name Bastiani
Minnesota Staats-zeitung 1872-04-18
Newspaper page from Minnesota Staats-zeitung carrying the name Bastiani
Minnesota Staats-zeitung 1871-10-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,658 pages in all carry the name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Bastiani is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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