The Ciavarella surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 568 people carried this name — #38,850 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 11% from 511 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ciavarella surname
A surname from Sicilian.
From Sicilian ciavaredda, feminine form of ciavareddu (“kid, young goat”), hence a metonymic occupational surname for a goatherd.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ciavarella» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 104 people named Ciavarella live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Ciavarella.
Most of them — 35 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 22 people named Ciavarella 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Ciavarella,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mark Ciavarella 1950– · lawyer -
Angelo Ciavarella 1915–1993 · historian
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Angelo Ciavarella 1915–1993 · historian
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Angelo Ciavarella 1928–2023 · politician
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Domenico Ciavarella 1928–2010 · lawyer
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Teo Ciavarella 1960–2025 · pianist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ciavarella.
- Cianci 1,428 · U.S. census
- Cianfarani 156 · U.S. census
- Ciani 593 · U.S. census
- Cianni 143 · U.S. census
- Ciano 831 · U.S. census
- Ciaravino 603 · U.S. census
- Ciccarelli 2,050 · U.S. census
- Ciccone 3,838 · U.S. census
- Cicero 3,399 · U.S. census
- Ciceron 349 · U.S. census
- Cichocki 1,099 · U.S. census
- Cichon 1,660 · U.S. census
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