The Brescia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,636 people carried this name — #17,300 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 181,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,635).
What the name means
The meaning of the Brescia surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
From Lombard Brèsa, Latin Brixia, probably from a Gaulish/Celtic (Cisalpine) root meaning "hill".
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Brescia» (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 829 people named Brescia 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
62 people named Brescia live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Brescia.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Corsica.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 37 people named Brescia 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Brescia in American newspapers,
1905.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,960 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Brescia,
with a public archive behind them.
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Domingo Brescia 1866–1939 · composer -
Giovanni Battista Brescia d. 1660 · Catholic priest
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Giovanni Antonio da Brescia 1460–1523 · artist
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Leonardo Brescia 1520–1582 · painter
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Nicola Brescia 1693–1768 · Catholic priest
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Frank Brescia 1908–1987 · chemist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brescia.
- Brenner 16,114 · U.S. census
- Brenon 237 · U.S. census
- Brenot 124 · U.S. census
- Breon 1,211 · U.S. census
- Bres 137 · U.S. census
- Bresch 212 · U.S. census
- Bresciani 247 · U.S. census
- Bresler 815 · U.S. census
- Bressan 259 · U.S. census
- Bresse 113 · U.S. census
- Bresson 444 · U.S. census
- Brest 441 · U.S. census
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