The Delfino surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,780 people carried this name — #16,219 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 166,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,735 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 4,887 people named Delfino 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 310 people named Delfino.
81 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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
74 people named Delfino live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Delfino live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Delfino in American newspapers,
1893–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,872 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Delfino,
with a public archive behind them.
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Federico Delfino 1477–1547 · astronomer -
Zaccaria Delfino 1527–1583 · Catholic priest -
Giovanni Dolfin 1617–1699 · writer -
Orso Delfino d. 1367 · Catholic priest
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Giovanni Dolfin 1529–1584 · bishop
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Giovanni Delfino 1589–1659 · bishop
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Delfino.
- Delcher 118 · U.S. census
- Delcour 294 · U.S. census
- Delcourt 304 · U.S. census
- Delepine 108 · U.S. census
- Delery 224 · U.S. census
- Deley 199 · U.S. census
- Delforge 141 · U.S. census
- Delfosse 591 · U.S. census
- Delgado 132,985 · U.S. census
- Delhomme 361 · U.S. census
- Delhotal 153 · U.S. census
- Delia 5,301 · U.S. census
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