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The Fossati surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 250 people carried this name — #76,768 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 242 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Fossati surname

A surname from Italian.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fossati» (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 1,491 people named Fossati 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 785
City of Buenos Aires 202
Entre Ríos 96
Córdoba 92
Santa Fe 86
Chubut 75
Corrientes 52
Mendoza 21

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 553 people named Fossati.

72 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 72
Bouches-du-Rhône 126
Paris 87
Alpes-Maritimes 32
Corsica 31
Var 31
Moselle 29
Meurthe-et-Moselle 20
Seine-Saint-Denis 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

209 people named Fossati live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 80
Vaud 35
Zurich 28
Geneva 27
Graubünden 13
Schwyz 5
Bern 5
Aargau 5

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 21 people named Fossati 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 21

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

Who carried it

People named Fossati,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Davide Antonio Fossati
    Davide Antonio Fossati 1708–1795 · engraver
  • Christophe Fossati
    Christophe Fossati 1729–1784 · sculptor
  • Silvestre Fossati d. 1745 · sculptor
  • Giorgio Domenico Fossati 1705–1785 · architect
  • Giorgio Fossati 1706–1778 · copper engraver
  • Dominique Fossati 1710–1792 · sculptor

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

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Surnames next to Fossati.

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