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The Florentino surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,393 people carried this name — #19,398 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted. That is up 14% from 1,219 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Florentino surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Florentino» (Spanish), 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 463 people named Florentino 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 320
Santa Fe 52
City of Buenos Aires 41
Córdoba 25
Chubut 13
Neuquén 12

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 51 people named Florentino.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 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 14
Bouches-du-Rhône 34
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1
Moselle 1
Hauts-de-Seine 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

35 people named Florentino live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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

Bern 13
Geneva 8
Aargau 5
Ticino 5
Zurich 4

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 Florentino,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Leona Florentino 1849–1884 · writer
  • Artur Florivaldo Florentino 1931– · architect
  • Manolo Florentino 1958–2021 · historian
  • Hector Florentino 1972– · horse trainer
  • Gisele Cristina Florentino 1973– · volleyball player
  • Christopher Flore Florentino 1983– · contemporary artist

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Florentino 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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