The Calvino surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 313 people carried this name — #63,698 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 13% from 276 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,331 people named Calvino 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 80 people named Calvino.
Most of them — 66 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
53 people named Calvino live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Calvino,
with a public archive behind them.
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Salvatore Calvino 1820–1883 · politician -
Mario Calvino 1875–1951 · farmer -
Mario Calvino 1875–1951 · farmer
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Giuliana Luigia Evelina Mameli Calvino 1886–1978 · naturalist -
Giuliana Luigia Evelina Mameli Calvino 1886–1978 · naturalist
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Esther Calvino 1925–2018 · translator
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Calvino.
- 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
- Calvo 6,883 · U.S. census
- Calzada 5,022 · U.S. census
- Cam 1,300 · U.S. census
- Camacho 67,893 · U.S. census
- Camara 8,324 · U.S. census
- Cambas 102 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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