The Bontempi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 132 people carried this name — #129,047 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 129 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 250 people named Bontempi 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 mapWhere 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 122 people named Bontempi.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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
40 people named Bontempi live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 Bontempi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cesare Bontempi d. 1544
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Sebastiano Bontempi 1447–1521 · religious writer
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Gaudenzio da Brescia 1612–1672 · theologian
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Teresina Bontempi 1883–1968 · journalist
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Alfredo Bontempi 1894–1963 · Catholic priest
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Renato Bontempi 1896–1988 · painter
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bontempi.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bontempi is.
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