The Curti surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 645 people carried this name — #34,967 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is down 3% from 663 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Curti surname
Borrowed from Italian Curti, from Neapolitan curto (“short”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Curti» (English), 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 1,628 people named Curti 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 318 people named Curti.
96 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
270 people named Curti live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Curti,
with a public archive behind them.
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Girolamo Curti 1575–1632 · painter -
Alfons Curti-Müller d. 1882 · physician
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Lancino Curti d. 1512 · poet
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Giordano Curti d. 1349 · Catholic priest
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Lancino Curti 1462–1512 · poet
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Giuseppe Curti 1560–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Curti.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Curti is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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