The Gennari surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 373 people carried this name — #55,121 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 369 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 344 people named Gennari 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 132 people named Gennari.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Tarn.
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
121 people named Gennari 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
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 Gennari,
with a public archive behind them.
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Benedetto Gennari II 1633–1715 · artist -
Cesare Gennari 1637–1688 · painter -
Cesare Gennari 1637–1688 · painter -
Benedetto Gennari 1563–1610 · painter
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Giovanni Battista Gennari 1576– · poet
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Bartolomeo Gennari 1594–1661 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gennari.
- Geng 1,146 · U.S. census
- Genie 105 · U.S. census
- Genier 298 · U.S. census
- Genin 265 · U.S. census
- Genis 799 · U.S. census
- Genna 736 · U.S. census
- Gennaro 1,304 · U.S. census
- Genova 2,355 · U.S. census
- Genovese 5,147 · U.S. census
- Genovesi 339 · U.S. census
- Genre 138 · U.S. census
- Gens 535 · U.S. census
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