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The Bettini surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 398 people carried this name — #52,169 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 383 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bettini surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the personal name Bettino.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bettini» (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 529 people named Bettini 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 Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 171
Buenos Aires Province 159
Santa Fe 111
City of Buenos Aires 67
Entre Ríos 21

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 305 people named Bettini.

86 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 86
Corsica 36
Bouches-du-Rhône 33
Alpes-Maritimes 27
Paris 15
Meuse 13
Meurthe-et-Moselle 11
Moselle 11
Nord 7

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

110 people named Bettini live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 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

Ticino 53
Zurich 16
Graubünden 13
Fribourg 7
Geneva 7
Schaffhausen 4
Valais 4
Bern 3

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 print

Bettini in American newspapers,
1883–1938.

Newspaper page from The Rock Island Argus carrying the name Bettini
The Rock Island Argus 1883-05-16
Newspaper page from San Antonio Daily Light carrying the name Bettini
San Antonio Daily Light 1894-07-06
Newspaper page from Der Nordstern carrying the name Bettini
Der Nordstern 1903-04-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,421 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bettini,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mario Bettinus
    Mario Bettinus 1582–1657 · astronomer
  • Antonio Sebastiano Bettini
    Antonio Sebastiano Bettini 1707–1774 · painter
  • Amalia Bettini
    Amalia Bettini 1809–1894 · actor
  • Gianni Bettini
    Gianni Bettini 1860–1938 · audio engineer
  • Angelo Bettini
    Angelo Bettini 1893–1944 · lawyer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 92 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Bettini is.
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