The Callegari surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 662 people carried this name — #34,272 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 12% from 592 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Callegari surname
Occupational surname, from Latin caligārius (“shoemaker”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Callegari» (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 1,327 people named Callegari 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 234 people named Callegari.
72 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
109 people named Callegari live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Callegari is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Callegari,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Callegari 1841–1906 · Catholic priest -
Giuseppe Callegari 1841–1906 · Catholic priest -
Giovanni Battista Callegari 1785–1855 · engraver
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Carlo Callegari 1850– · writer
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Emilio Callegari 1931–2006 · veterinarian
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Emilio Callegari 1931–2006 · veterinarian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Callegari.
- Calixte 1,862 · U.S. census
- Calla 364 · U.S. census
- Callais 843 · U.S. census
- Calland 326 · U.S. census
- Callard 291 · U.S. census
- Calle 5,091 · U.S. census
- Calleja 1,868 · U.S. census
- Callen 3,190 · U.S. census
- Callens 529 · U.S. census
- Calleri 143 · U.S. census
- Calles 3,026 · U.S. census
- Callewaert 196 · U.S. census
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