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The Gandini surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 104 people carried this name — #156,044 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 105 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Gandini surname

Probably a habitational surname from Gandino.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gandini» (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 1,793 people named Gandini 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 925
Santa Fe 224
City of Buenos Aires 193
Córdoba 112
Entre Ríos 86
Mendoza 77
Catamarca 56
Tucumán 23

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 85 people named Gandini.

24 of them 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 24
Bouches-du-Rhône 14
Paris 7
Aude 6
Isère 6
Marne 5
Territoire de Belfort 4
Essonne 3
Alpes-Maritimes 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

68 people named Gandini live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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 23
Zurich 16
Vaud 11
Aargau 5
Geneva 5
Basel-Stadt 4
Glarus 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 Gandini,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Vicente Gandini
    Vicente Gandini 1856–1916 · politician
  • Marco Antonio Gandini d. 1587 · engineer
  • Antonio Gandini 1565–1630 · painter
  • Carlo Gandini 1705–1788 · physician
  • Saverio Gandini 1729–1796 · painter
  • Antonio Gandini 1786–1842 · composer

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Gandini 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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