The Contini surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 582 people carried this name — #38,103 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 588 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Contini surname
Diminutive of Conti.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Contini» (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 641 people named Contini 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 348 people named Contini.
68 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
117 people named Contini live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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 Contini,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Contini 1827–1892 · painter -
Gavino Contini 1855–1915 · poet -
Alessandro Contini Bonacossi 1878–1955 · politician -
Alessandro Contini Bonacossi 1878–1955 · politician
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Francesco Contini 1599–1669 · architect
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Domenico Filippo Contini 1650–1650 · librettist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Contini.
- Contardo 161 · U.S. census
- Conte 8,744 · U.S. census
- Content 260 · U.S. census
- Conter 246 · U.S. census
- Conti 10,526 · U.S. census
- Contin 137 · U.S. census
- Contreras 130,164 · U.S. census
- Contri 173 · U.S. census
- Conty 193 · U.S. census
- Convers 116 · U.S. census
- Cook 302,589 · U.S. census
- Cool 4,958 · U.S. census
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