The Festa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,626 people carried this name — #11,925 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 112,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,545 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Festa surname
Probably from the noun festa, but also seen in Medieval compounds such as Cattafesta, Carafesta.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Festa» (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 832 people named Festa 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 164 people named Festa.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 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
105 people named Festa live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 54 people named Festa 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 Hainaut.
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
Festa in American newspapers,
1907.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,458 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Festa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francesca Maffei Festa 1778–1835 · opera singer -
Domenica Monvoisin 1807–1881 · painter -
Domenica Monvoisin 1807–1881 · painter
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Costanzo Festa 1490–1545 · composer
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Sebastiano Festa 1490–1524 · composer
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Felice Festa 1763–1825 · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Festa.
- Fertig 1,702 · U.S. census
- Fertil 329 · U.S. census
- Ferullo 632 · U.S. census
- Fery 184 · U.S. census
- Fessler 3,316 · U.S. census
- Fest 386 · U.S. census
- Feste 133 · U.S. census
- Fetter 3,944 · U.S. census
- Fettig 2,005 · U.S. census
- Fetzer 3,550 · U.S. census
- Feuerbach 351 · U.S. census
- Feuerstein 1,478 · U.S. census
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