The Gargano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,633 people carried this name — #11,890 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 112,400 people counted. That is up 6% from 2,482 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 782 people named Gargano 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 91 people named Gargano.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
84 people named Gargano live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Gargano 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Gargano in American newspapers,
1894–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 444 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gargano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppina Gargano 1853–1939 · opera singer -
Omero Gargano d. 2015 · actor
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Lucchino Gargano 1575– · printer
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Giovanni Gargano Cosenza 1869–1950 · literary scholar
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Andrea Gargano 1887–1970 · amateur wrestler
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Andrea Gargano 1887–1970 · amateur wrestler
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gargano.
- Gare 135 · U.S. census
- Gareau 469 · U.S. census
- Garel 220 · U.S. census
- Garelli 148 · U.S. census
- Gares 389 · U.S. census
- Gargani 119 · U.S. census
- Gargiulo 1,904 · U.S. census
- Garguilo 622 · U.S. census
- Gari 337 · U.S. census
- Garibaldi 2,414 · U.S. census
- Garin 916 · U.S. census
- Garing 379 · U.S. census
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