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The Calcagno surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,550 people carried this name — #18,007 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,593 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Calcagno surname

From calcagno (“heel”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Calcagno» (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 2,078 people named Calcagno 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,166
City of Buenos Aires 412
Córdoba 166
Santa Fe 124
Mendoza 91
Entre Ríos 40
Chaco 32
Río Negro 21

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

154 people named Calcagno live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 38
Ticino 30
Aargau 20
Solothurn 14
Zurich 10
Bern 9
Neuchâtel 8
Geneva 8

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 153 people named Calcagno.

51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 51
Alpes-Maritimes 41
Var 13
Tarn-et-Garonne 12
Bouches-du-Rhône 11
Rhône 6
Paris 5
Moselle 3
Morbihan 2

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 38 people named Calcagno 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

Hainaut 38

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

Who carried it

People named Calcagno,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giuseppa Bolognara Calcagno
    Giuseppa Bolognara Calcagno 1826–1884 · revolutionary
  • Lorenzo Calcagno 1410–1478 · jurist-consultant
  • Francesco Calcagno 1528–1551 · Catholic priest
  • Antonio-Maria Calcagno 1786–1841 · Catholic bishop
  • Gian Carlo Calcagno 1801–2000 · historian
  • Francesco Calcagno 1803–1880 · politician

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

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Surnames next to Calcagno.

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