Fornari surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Fornari surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 295 people carried this name — #66,931 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 15% from 257 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 729 people named Fornari 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 270
Mendoza 115
City of Buenos Aires 114
Santa Fe 56
Córdoba 56
Corrientes 31
San Juan 29
Formosa 19

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 111 people named Fornari.

30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 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

Born outside France 30
Alpes-Maritimes 33
Paris 9
Rhône 4
Var 4
Maine-et-Loire 4
Haute-Savoie 3
Bouches-du-Rhône 3
Ille-et-Vilaine 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

23 people named Fornari live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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

Ticino 10
Vaud 5
Zurich 5
Geneva 3

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 Fornari,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Raffaele Fornari
    Raffaele Fornari 1787–1854 · nuncio
  • Fabio Fornari d. 1596 · Catholic priest
  • Girolamo Fornari d. 1542 · Catholic priest
  • Callisto Fornari 1484–1553 · preacher
  • Martino Fornari 1547–1612 · Catholic theologian
  • Vito Fornari 1821–1900 · writer

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

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