The Enrico surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 585 people carried this name — #37,955 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 8% from 541 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Enrico surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From Latin Henrīcus, derived from Old High German Haimirich, composed of Heim (“home”) + rihhi (“ruler”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Enrico» (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 1,063 people named Enrico 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 137 people named Enrico.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
20 people named Enrico live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.
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.
Who carried it
People named Enrico,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Enrico 1851–1909 · engineer
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Federico Enrico 1909–1940 · soldier
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Robert Enrico 1931–2001 · screenwriter
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Suma Paz 1939–2009 · composer
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Gian Enrico Manzoni 1952– · classical philologist
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Jérôme Enrico 1953– · screenwriter
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Enrico.
- Enger 2,552 · U.S. census
- Englebert 819 · U.S. census
- Engler 6,194 · U.S. census
- Engles 1,357 · U.S. census
- Ennesser 101 · U.S. census
- Enos 8,097 · U.S. census
- Enrique 1,283 · U.S. census
- Enriquez 41,271 · U.S. census
- Ensch 152 · U.S. census
- Ensenat 140 · U.S. census
- Ensminger 2,525 · U.S. census
- Ente 133 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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