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

The Battaglia surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,308 people carried this name — #4,279 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 8,051 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,866 people named Battaglia 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 1,441
City of Buenos Aires 428
Córdoba 232
Santa Fe 191
Mendoza 165
Entre Ríos 119
Salta 68
Formosa 33

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,032 people named Battaglia live in Switzerland.

They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

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Where they live today

Graubünden 296
Ticino 184
Zurich 162
Bern 64
St. Gallen 58
Aargau 57
Thurgau 50
Valais 36

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.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 536 people named Battaglia.

240 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 240
Bouches-du-Rhône 37
Doubs 36
Alpes-Maritimes 28
Paris 23
Haut-Rhin 19
Moselle 18
Gironde 11
Haute-Saône 11

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 186 people named Battaglia live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 117
Liège 58
Brussels-Capital 11

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Battaglia in American newspapers,
1908–1961.

Newspaper page from The Herald carrying the name Battaglia
The Herald 1918-06-06
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Battaglia
Evening Star 1930-10-09
Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Battaglia
Le Messager 1946-02-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,351 pages in all carry the name.

When the index is not enough

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