Califano surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Califano surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 871 people carried this name — #27,625 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is up 15% from 759 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 161 people named Califano 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 City of Buenos Aires.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 90
Buenos Aires Province 71

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 100 people named Califano.

Most of them — 53 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 53
Seine-Saint-Denis 10
Essonne 10
Bouches-du-Rhône 6
Var 4
Haute-Garonne 4
Moselle 3
Paris 2
Val-de-Marne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

59 people named Califano live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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

Ticino 20
Zurich 16
Lucerne 6
Basel-Landschaft 5
Aargau 4
Geneva 4
Vaud 4

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 Califano,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Franco Califano
    Franco Califano 1938–2013 · actor
  • Franco Califano
    Franco Califano 1938–2013 · actor
  • Arcangelo Califano 1735–1756 · composer
  • Luigi Califano 1901–1976 · university teacher
  • Luigi Califano 1901–1976 · university teacher
  • Joseph A. Califano, Jr. 1931– · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Califano.

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