The Genova surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,355 people carried this name — #13,037 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,162 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 912 people named Genova 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 116 people named Genova.
Most of them — 77 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Paris.
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
78 people named Genova live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 35 people named Genova 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 Liège.
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
Genova in American newspapers,
1922–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 40,849 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Genova,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maria Genova 1973– · writer -
Arturo Génova 1889–1960 · naval officer
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Jackie Genova 1901–
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Germana Focke-Genova 1905–1992 · architect
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Maria Grazia Genova 1909–1990 · criminal
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Peter J. Genova 1944–2026 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Genova.
- Genier 298 · U.S. census
- Genin 265 · U.S. census
- Genis 799 · U.S. census
- Genna 736 · U.S. census
- Gennari 373 · U.S. census
- Gennaro 1,304 · U.S. census
- Genovese 5,147 · U.S. census
- Genovesi 339 · U.S. census
- Genre 138 · U.S. census
- Gens 535 · U.S. census
- Gensel 578 · U.S. census
- Genser 284 · U.S. census
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