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The Bianco surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,278 people carried this name — #2,381 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,300 people counted. That is up 86% from 8,228 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bianco surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bianco» (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 6,175 people named Bianco 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 2,990
Córdoba 1,124
City of Buenos Aires 732
Santa Fe 700
Jujuy 112
Mendoza 88
La Pampa 65
Entre Ríos 50

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 1,339 people named Bianco.

364 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 364
Bouches-du-Rhône 213
Alpes-Maritimes 124
Var 107
Paris 71
Rhône 58
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 52
Savoie 47
Vaucluse 28

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

703 people named Bianco live in Switzerland.

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

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 128
Ticino 116
Valais 96
Aargau 75
Geneva 63
Vaud 60
Bern 29
Solothurn 25

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 85 people named Bianco 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Hainaut 72
Liège 8
Brussels-Capital 5

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

In print

Bianco in American newspapers,
1912–1963.

Newspaper page from The Catholic Bulletin carrying the name Bianco
The Catholic Bulletin 1912-07-27
Newspaper page from New-York Tribune carrying the name Bianco
New-York Tribune 1921-03-27
Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Bianco
Le Messager 1930-02-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,419 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bianco,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Umberto Zanotti Bianco
    Umberto Zanotti Bianco 1889–1963 · politician
  • Michele Bianco
    Michele Bianco 1895–1981 · politician
  • Désiré Bianco
    Désiré Bianco 1902–1915 · soldier
  • José Bianco
    José Bianco 1908–1986 · writer
  • Dante Livio Bianco
    Dante Livio Bianco 1909–1953 · lawyer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 227 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Bianco.

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