The Ciani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 593 people carried this name — #37,544 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 566 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ciani surname
Patronymic or plural form of Ciano.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ciani» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 759 people named Ciani 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 176 people named Ciani.
55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
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
48 people named Ciani live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
Who carried it
People named Ciani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giacomo Ciani 1776–1868 · politician -
Filippo Ciani 1778–1867 · politician -
Eusebio Ciani 1681–1770 · Catholic priest
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Bernardino Ciani 1692–1767 · Catholic priest
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Michele Ciani 1720–1814 · lawyer
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Lénárt Ciani 1749–1827 · canon
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ciani.
- Chudzik 463 · U.S. census
- Chung 43,110 · U.S. census
- Cialdella 168 · U.S. census
- Ciampi 789 · U.S. census
- Cianci 1,428 · U.S. census
- Cianfarani 156 · U.S. census
- Cianni 143 · U.S. census
- Ciano 831 · U.S. census
- Ciaravino 603 · U.S. census
- Ciavarella 568 · U.S. census
- Ciccarelli 2,050 · U.S. census
- Ciccone 3,838 · U.S. census
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