The Frigerio surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 239 people carried this name — #79,598 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 22% from 196 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Frigerio surname
From the Lombard name for the hackberry.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Frigerio» (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 924 people named Frigerio 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
438 people named Frigerio live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 109 people named Frigerio.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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.
Who carried it
People named Frigerio,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Galeazzo Frigerio 1841–1911 · politician -
Federico Frigerio 1873–1959 · architect -
Federico Frigerio 1873–1959 · architect
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Jone Frigerio 1877–1963 · actor -
Jone Frigerio 1877–1963 · actor
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Ambrogio Frigerio 1537–1598 · anchorite
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Frigerio.
- Friedmann 1,207 · U.S. census
- Friedrich 6,249 · U.S. census
- Frier 1,427 · U.S. census
- Fries 8,540 · U.S. census
- Friess 1,157 · U.S. census
- Friez 181 · U.S. census
- Frigo 849 · U.S. census
- Friloux 325 · U.S. census
- Friot 154 · U.S. census
- Friou 123 · U.S. census
- Frisch 5,033 · U.S. census
- Frischmann 248 · U.S. census
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