The Boccaccio surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 214 people carried this name — #86,981 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 203 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Boccaccio surname
A surname from Italian, notably borne by.
Borrowed from Italian Boccaccio.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Boccaccio» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 67 people named Boccaccio.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 41 people named Boccaccio 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.
Who carried it
People named Boccaccio,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Boccaccio 1313–1375 · writer -
Giovanni Boccaccio 1781–1815 · carabinier
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Carlo Boccaccio 1902–1979 · writer
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Carlo Boccaccio 1902–1979 · writer
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Pietro Boccaccio 1910–2006 · Catholic theologian
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Salvatore Boccaccio 1938–2008 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Boccaccio.
- Bobier 373 · U.S. census
- Bobin 159 · U.S. census
- Bobo 9,254 · U.S. census
- Boca 175 · U.S. census
- Bocage 290 · U.S. census
- Bocca 111 · U.S. census
- Boccanfuso 263 · U.S. census
- Boccard 139 · U.S. census
- Bocchi 196 · U.S. census
- Bocchino 1,150 · U.S. census
- Boccia 875 · U.S. census
- Boch 676 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Boccaccio is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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