The Chini surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 240 people carried this name — #79,338 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 216 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 160 people named Chini 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 Mendoza.
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 85 people named Chini.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Lot-et-Garonne.
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
21 people named Chini live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Chini is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Chini,
with a public archive behind them.
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Galileo Chini 1873–1956 · architect -
Galileo Chini 1873–1956 · architect
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Pietro Alessio Chini 1800–1876 · painter
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Leto Chini 1843–1910 · painter
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Dario Chini 1847–1897 · painter
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Mineo Chini 1866–1933 · mathematician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chini.
- Chierici 136 · U.S. census
- Chiesa 1,080 · U.S. census
- Chin 27,487 · U.S. census
- China 813 · U.S. census
- Chinault 265 · U.S. census
- Chinchilla 3,561 · U.S. census
- Chiocca 185 · U.S. census
- Chiodi 316 · U.S. census
- Chiotti 182 · U.S. census
- Chira 264 · U.S. census
- Chiri 164 · U.S. census
- Chmiel 1,690 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Chini is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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