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The Damiani surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,857 people carried this name — #15,709 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,755 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Damiani surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the personal name Damiano.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Damiani» (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 2,051 people named Damiani 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 714
Santa Fe 509
Córdoba 473
City of Buenos Aires 193
Mendoza 42
La Pampa 36
Misiones 30
San Juan 17

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 555 people named Damiani.

111 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 111
Corsica 173
Bouches-du-Rhône 61
Moselle 25
Paris 22
Meurthe-et-Moselle 19
Isère 19
Var 16
Alpes-Maritimes 15

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

129 people named Damiani live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 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

Vaud 33
Ticino 26
Zurich 12
Lucerne 11
Schwyz 10
Aargau 10
Fribourg 8
Thurgau 7

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

Damiani in American newspapers,
1862–1917.

Newspaper page from Der Westbote carrying the name Damiani
Der Westbote 1863-12-03
Newspaper page from Baltimore Wecker carrying the name Damiani
Baltimore Wecker 1862-07-31
Newspaper page from Dziennik Chicagoski carrying the name Damiani
Dziennik Chicagoski 1917-03-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 723 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Damiani,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Peter Damian
    Peter Damian 1007–1072 · diplomat
  • Philip Benizi de Damiani
    Philip Benizi de Damiani 1233–1285 · physician
  • Philip Benizi de Damiani
    Philip Benizi de Damiani 1233–1285 · physician
  • Philipp, Baron Roux de Damiani d. 1856
  • Philip Benizi de Damiani 1233–1285 · physician
  • Robert Damiani 1350– · archbishop

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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