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The Fiorentino surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,635 people carried this name — #8,999 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 81,300 people counted. That is up 21% from 2,992 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Fiorentino surname

A surname originally given to someone from Florence.

From fiorentino (“Florentine”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fiorentino» (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 1,470 people named Fiorentino 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 953
City of Buenos Aires 325
Córdoba 71
Mendoza 35
San Juan 32
San Luis 17
Tucumán 16
Santa Cruz 11

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 256 people named Fiorentino.

Most of them — 137 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 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

Born outside France 137
Bouches-du-Rhône 52
Seine-Saint-Denis 14
Paris 10
Rhône 8
Essonne 8
Isère 6
Lot-et-Garonne 4
Hauts-de-Seine 3

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

177 people named Fiorentino live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 67
Vaud 31
Lucerne 21
St. Gallen 13
Aargau 13
Ticino 12
Geneva 7
Bern 6

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 40 people named Fiorentino 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

Hainaut 20
Liège 20

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Fiorentino in American newspapers,
1914.

Newspaper page from Yerington Times carrying the name Fiorentino
Yerington Times 1914-02-28
Newspaper page from Yerington Times carrying the name Fiorentino
Yerington Times 1914-02-21
Newspaper page from Yerington Times carrying the name Fiorentino
Yerington Times 1914-03-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,806 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Fiorentino,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giovanni Fiorentino
    Giovanni Fiorentino d. 1385 · writer
  • Stefano Fiorentino
    Stefano Fiorentino 1301–1350 · painter
  • Rosso Fiorentino
    Rosso Fiorentino 1494–1540 · painter
  • Enrico Fiorentino d. 1906 · poet
  • Giuliano Fiorentino 1395–1435 · sculptor
  • Francesco Fiorentino 1439–1516 · architect

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Fiorentino is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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