The Farinelli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 428 people carried this name — #49,177 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 10% from 389 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 279 people named Farinelli 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
99 people named Farinelli live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 63 people named Farinelli.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Farinelli.
- Faria 6,257 · U.S. census
- Farin 319 · U.S. census
- Farina 5,633 · U.S. census
- Farinacci 557 · U.S. census
- Farine 109 · U.S. census
- Farineau 101 · U.S. census
- Farison 118 · U.S. census
- Farkas 6,714 · U.S. census
- Farner 2,667 · U.S. census
- Faro 947 · U.S. census
- Faron 546 · U.S. census
- Farque 137 · U.S. census
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