The Cicero surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,399 people carried this name — #9,563 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 87,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,313 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Cicero surname
A surname from Sicilian.
From the Sicilian surname (namely a nciuria) Cìciru, from cìciru (“chickpea”). Not directly related to Latin Cicero.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cicero» (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 725 people named Cicero 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 119 people named Cicero 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 90 people named Cicero.
Most of them — 69 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Nord.
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
70 people named Cicero live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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.
In print
Cicero in American newspapers,
1895.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 101,364 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cicero,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nando Cicero 1931–1995 · screenwriter -
Nando Cicero 1931–1995 · screenwriter
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Nicola Cicero 1854–1932 · Catholic bishop
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Ricardo E. Cicero 1869–1935 · dermatologist
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Calogero Cicero 1905–1945 · military personnel
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Raúl Cicero 1926–2021 · fencer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cicero.
- 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
- Ciceron 349 · U.S. census
- Cichocki 1,099 · U.S. census
- Cichon 1,660 · U.S. census
- Cichy 881 · U.S. census
- Cid 2,975 · U.S. census
- Ciesielski 1,555 · U.S. census
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