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The Damiano surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,880 people carried this name — #11,040 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 102,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 2,764 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Damiano surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Damiano» (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 992 people named Damiano 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 614
Córdoba 165
City of Buenos Aires 120
Santa Fe 93

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 383 people named Damiano.

97 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 97
Alpes-Maritimes 149
Var 44
Bouches-du-Rhône 44
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 10
Corsica 10
Loiret 8
Paris 5
Moselle 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

281 people named Damiano live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 49
Aargau 47
Vaud 40
Zurich 35
Basel-Landschaft 31
Thurgau 17
Solothurn 11
Schaffhausen 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

Damiano in American newspapers,
1844–1907.

Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Damiano
Le Messager 1907-02-05
Newspaper page from Baton-rouge Gazette carrying the name Damiano
Baton-rouge Gazette 1844-05-04
Newspaper page from Baton-rouge Gazette carrying the name Damiano
Baton-rouge Gazette 1844-04-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,151 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Damiano,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pedro Damiano
    Pedro Damiano 1480–1544 · writer
  • Clemente Damiano
    Clemente Damiano 1749–1813 · writer
  • Pietro Damiano d. 1496 · Catholic priest
  • Scipione Damiano d. 1473 · Catholic priest
  • Laura Damiano di Castellinaldo 1632–1687
  • Luigi Damiano 1800–1880 · soldier

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

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