The Bresciani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 247 people carried this name — #77,522 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 10% from 225 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bresciani surname
Patronymic or plural form of Bresciano.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bresciani» (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 327 people named Bresciani 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 174 people named Bresciani.
61 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
125 people named Bresciani 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 print
Bresciani in American newspapers,
1882–1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 189 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bresciani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio Bresciani 1798–1862 · writer -
Carlo Bresciani 1876–1962 · lawyer -
Archimede Bresciani 1881–1939 · painter -
Costantino Bresciani Turroni 1882–1963 · politician -
Acaste Bresciani 1882–1969 · poet -
Genesio Bresciani 1524–1610 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 58 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bresciani.
- 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
- Brescia 1,636 · 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
- Bret 132 · U.S. census
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