Cesa surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Cesa surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 360 people carried this name — #56,710 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 14% from 317 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 171 people named Cesa 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 137
La Pampa 13
City of Buenos Aires 11
Mendoza 10

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 76 people named Cesa.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Ardèche.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Ardèche 14
Haute-Loire 8
Loire 8
Alpes-Maritimes 5
Lot-et-Garonne 5
Gironde 4
Var 3
Drôme 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

35 people named Cesa live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.

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

Where they live today

Fribourg 15
Geneva 10
Vaud 6
Nidwalden 4

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 Cesa,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Matteo Cesa 1425–1495 · painter
  • Luigi Pagani Cesa 1855–1931 · lawyer
  • Claudio Cesa 1928–2014 · university teacher
  • Claudio Cesa 1928–2014 · university teacher
  • Jacques Cesa 1945–2018 · artist
  • Alberto Cesa 1945–2010 · musician

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Cesa is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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