The Calvi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 529 people carried this name — #41,164 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 6% from 560 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Calvi surname
Surname borrowed from Italian Calvi.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Calvi» (English), 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 1,510 people named Calvi 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 440 people named Calvi.
96 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 départements, most often Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
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
82 people named Calvi live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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.
Who carried it
People named Calvi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Paolo Battista Giudice Calvi 1490–1561 · politician -
Carlo Calvi d. 1362 · Catholic priest
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Alberto Calvi di Cilavegna d. 1230 · Catholic priest
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François de Calvi d. 1636 · author
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Antonio Calvi 1341–1411 · Catholic priest
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Giovanni Battista Calvi 1501–1564 · engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Calvi.
- Calonge 314 · U.S. census
- Caltagirone 532 · U.S. census
- Calvani 179 · U.S. census
- Calvary 178 · U.S. census
- Calvet 231 · U.S. census
- Calvetti 366 · U.S. census
- Calvin 9,412 · U.S. census
- Calvino 313 · U.S. census
- Calvo 6,883 · U.S. census
- Calzada 5,022 · U.S. census
- Cam 1,300 · U.S. census
- Camacho 67,893 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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