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The Ceresa surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 295 people carried this name — #66,931 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 12% from 264 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

233 people named Ceresa live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 132
Vaud 18
Lucerne 14
Bern 12
Geneva 10
Basel-Landschaft 9
Zurich 7
Fribourg 7

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 204 people named Ceresa 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 Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 94
Buenos Aires Province 44
Santa Fe 37
City of Buenos Aires 29

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 118 people named Ceresa.

25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 25
Bouches-du-Rhône 19
Paris 18
Vosges 8
Haute-Saône 7
Yvelines 6
Nord 5
Haute-Garonne 5
Puy-de-Dôme 4

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

Who carried it

People named Ceresa,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carlo Ceresa
    Carlo Ceresa 1609–1679 · artist
  • Alessandro Ceresa 1830– · politician
  • Pacifico Ceresa 1833–1905 · politician
  • Carlo Angelo Ceresa 1870–1923 · architect
  • Leopoldo Ceresa 1901–1957 · entomologist
  • Paolo Ceresa 1911–1998 · architect

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Ceresa.

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