The Caltagirone surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 532 people carried this name — #40,976 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 524 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Caltagirone surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
The first part is undoubtedly from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa, “fortress, castle”), while the second one could either derive from غِيرَان (ḡīrān), plural of غَار (ḡār, “cave, cavern”), or from خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr, “pig, swine, hog”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Caltagirone» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 102 people named Caltagirone.
Most of them — 87 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.
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 48 people named Caltagirone 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Caltagirone live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Caltagirone,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gaetano Caltagirone 1929–2010 · entrepreneur
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Gaetano Caltagirone 1929–2010 · entrepreneur
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Francesco Bellavista Caltagirone 1939– · entrepreneur
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Thomas Caltagirone 1942– · politician
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Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone 1943– · businessperson
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Jean-Paul Caltagirone 1946– · university teacher
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Caltagirone.
- Calmes 1,009 · U.S. census
- Calmus 106 · U.S. census
- Calo 1,908 · U.S. census
- Calon 113 · U.S. census
- Calone 116 · U.S. census
- Calonge 314 · U.S. census
- Calvani 179 · U.S. census
- Calvary 178 · U.S. census
- Calvet 231 · U.S. census
- Calvetti 366 · U.S. census
- Calvi 529 · U.S. census
- Calvin 9,412 · U.S. census
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