The Besozzi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 109 people carried this name — #150,452 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 106 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Besozzi surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
Habitational surname for someone from Besozzo, a town in the province of Varese.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Besozzi» (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 146 people named Besozzi 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 79 people named Besozzi.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Vosges.
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
30 people named Besozzi live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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 Besozzi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pietro Besozzi d. 1433 · jurist -
Matteo Besozzi d. 1575 · publisher
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Alberto Besozzi d. 1205
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Agnese Besozzi d. 1417
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Francesco Besozzi 1460–1539 · notary
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Ambrogio Besozzi 1648–1706 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Besozzi.
- Berube 6,067 · U.S. census
- Bery 186 · U.S. census
- Berzin 126 · U.S. census
- Besancon 510 · U.S. census
- Besch 1,054 · U.S. census
- Bescher 100 · U.S. census
- Bessa 253 · U.S. census
- Bessard 362 · U.S. census
- Besse 1,497 · U.S. census
- Bessette 4,469 · U.S. census
- Bessey 1,607 · U.S. census
- Besson 859 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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