The Ceriani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 207 people carried this name — #89,403 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 196 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,018 people named Ceriani 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
90 people named Ceriani live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Ceriani.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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 print
Ceriani in American newspapers,
1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 285 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ceriani.
- Cerdan 260 · U.S. census
- Ceres 232 · U.S. census
- Ceresa 295 · U.S. census
- Ceretto 113 · U.S. census
- Cerezo 1,927 · U.S. census
- Cerf 344 · U.S. census
- Cerini 301 · U.S. census
- Cerise 394 · U.S. census
- Cerna 5,726 · U.S. census
- Cerny 3,227 · U.S. census
- Ceron 4,998 · U.S. census
- Cerqueira 667 · U.S. census
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