The Ciocca surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 587 people carried this name — #37,848 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 14% from 517 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ciocca surname
A nickname, from ciocca (“lock of hair, tuft”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ciocca» (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 334 people named Ciocca 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 90 people named Ciocca.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Var.
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
58 people named Ciocca live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Ciocca,
with a public archive behind them.
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Walter Ciocca 1907–1984 · comics artist -
Cristoforo Ciocca 1462–1542 · painter
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Gaetano Ciocca 1882–1966 · writer
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Gaetano Ciocca 1882–1966 · writer
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Carlo Ciocca 1902–1984 · painter
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Marie Ciocca 1929–1968 · apprentice
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ciocca.
When the index is not enough
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