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

The Garibaldi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,414 people carried this name — #12,782 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 122,000 people counted. That is up 17% from 2,068 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,212 people named Garibaldi 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 565
City of Buenos Aires 276
Córdoba 146
Santa Fe 97
Misiones 76
Entre Ríos 14
Formosa 14
Tierra del Fuego 13

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 218 people named Garibaldi.

35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 35
Bouches-du-Rhône 109
Var 18
Paris 17
Corsica 14
Alpes-Maritimes 13
Essonne 4
Nord 3
Meuse 2

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 Garibaldi 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 11
Vaud 5
St. Gallen 4
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.

In print

Garibaldi in American newspapers,
1860–1907.

Newspaper page from Pointe Coupee Democrat carrying the name Garibaldi
Pointe Coupee Democrat 1860-06-16
Newspaper page from Pokrok Západu carrying the name Garibaldi
Pokrok Západu 1897-10-06
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Garibaldi
The Sun 1907-07-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 86,234 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Garibaldi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Acácio Garibaldi Santiago
    Acácio Garibaldi Santiago d. 1982 · politician
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi
    Giuseppe Garibaldi 1807–1882 · writer
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi
    Giuseppe Garibaldi 1807–1882 · writer
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi
    Giuseppe Garibaldi 1807–1882 · writer
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi
    Giuseppe Garibaldi 1807–1882 · writer
  • Carlo Garibaldi 1756–1823 · physician

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Garibaldi is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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