The Dalessandro surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,559 people carried this name — #6,158 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,328 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Dalessandro surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the personal name Alessandro.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Dalessandro» (English) and «D'Alessandro» (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 63 people named Dalessandro 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

Buenos Aires Province 48
Mendoza 15

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Dalessandro in American newspapers,
1909–1914.

Newspaper page from Virginia Gazette carrying the name Dalessandro
Virginia Gazette 1909-01-21
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Dalessandro
The Sun 1914-06-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 615 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Dalessandro,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Peter J. Dalessandro
    Peter J. Dalessandro 1918–1998 · politician
  • Peter J. Dalessandro
    Peter J. Dalessandro 1918–1997 · politician
  • David Dalessandro 1900– · screenwriter
  • Paolo Dalessandro 1919– · civil servant
  • Paolo Dalessandro 1919– · civil servant

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dalessandro,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States2,799 records

2,799 records of the Dalessandro name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1,822
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 349
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 264
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 212
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 86
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 64
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jerry P. D'Alessandro

    Born 1919 in New York. Enlisted 1940 at Brooklyn; machinist from Kings County. U.S. Navy veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Maria-Giuseppa D'Alessandro

    Arrived at New York in 1898 aboard the Trojan Prince from Genoa, aged 62; laborer. From Laurenzano, Potenza, Italy; bound for Chicago.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert P. D'Alessandro

    Born 1932; from Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 2,799 records for Dalessandro in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

France44 records

44 records of the Dalessandro name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marius Louis D'Alessandro

    Born 1936 in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône; died 1986 in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Louise D'Alessandro

    Born 1896 in Saint-Nazaire; died 1979 in Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Domenico Guglielmo Rodolfo D'Alessandro

    Born 1914 in Italy; died 1991 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 44 records for Dalessandro in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Dalessandro name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Giovanni D'Alessandro

    Labourer of Port Melbourne, Victoria; died 1997.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Cecilia D'Alessandro

    Died 1998; buried at Gungahlin Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.

    ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ludorico D'Alessandro

    Retired market gardener of Shepparton, Victoria; died 1969.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Dalessandro in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Dalessandro name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Frank Joseph D'Alessandro

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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