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The Chiesa surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,080 people carried this name — #23,515 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,012 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,309 people named Chiesa 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,151
City of Buenos Aires 453
Santa Fe 249
Córdoba 228
Entre Ríos 95
San Luis 25
Río Negro 21
Chaco 18

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 405 people named Chiesa.

83 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 83
Bouches-du-Rhône 42
Alpes-Maritimes 37
Paris 32
Ain 30
Corsica 28
Yonne 16
Savoie 14
Moselle 13

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

402 people named Chiesa live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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Where they live today

Ticino 233
Zurich 33
Geneva 31
Graubünden 27
Vaud 24
Neuchâtel 14
Basel-Landschaft 10
Bern 9

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 Chiesa,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Anthony della Chiesa 1394–1459 · Catholic priest
  • Innocenzo Chiesa 1567–1637 · regular cleric
  • Silvestro Chiesa 1623–1657 · painter
  • Pasquale Chiesa 1630–1654 · painter
  • Bernardino della Chiesa 1644–1721 · Catholic priest
  • Giovan Battista Chiesa 1657– · priest

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

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