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The Bongiovanni surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,596 people carried this name — #17,605 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,558 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bongiovanni surname

From buon (“good”) + Giovanni (“John”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bongiovanni» (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 1,927 people named Bongiovanni 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.

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Where they live today

Córdoba 685
Buenos Aires Province 402
Santa Fe 344
City of Buenos Aires 121
San Luis 98
La Pampa 49
Tucumán 46
Río Negro 38

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 275 people named Bongiovanni.

107 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 107
Alpes-Maritimes 47
Bouches-du-Rhône 31
Rhône 13
Loire 10
Var 8
Territoire de Belfort 8
Corrèze 6
Paris 5

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 229 people named Bongiovanni 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.

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Where they live today

Hainaut 145
Liège 33
Namur 20
Limburg 19
Brussels-Capital 12

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

151 people named Bongiovanni live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Neuchâtel 36
Zurich 28
Bern 16
Vaud 16
Aargau 16
Fribourg 10
Geneva 10
Valais 9

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 Bongiovanni,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Luigi Bongiovanni
    Luigi Bongiovanni 1866–1941 · politician
  • Berardo Bongiovanni d. 1574 · bishop
  • Pellegra Bongiovanni 1700–1770 · poet
  • Antonio Bongiovanni 1712–1762 · librarian
  • Salvatore Bongiovanni 1769–1842 · sculptor
  • Giacomo Bongiovanni 1772–1859 · sculptor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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