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The Geraci surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,729 people carried this name — #8,791 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,606 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 422 people named Geraci 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 275
City of Buenos Aires 71
Mendoza 32
Santa Fe 30
Neuquén 14

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 219 people named Geraci.

Most of them — 156 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Isère.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 156
Isère 18
Alpes-Maritimes 12
Loire 9
Rhône 8
Bouches-du-Rhône 7
Hérault 2
Paris 2
Nord 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 141 people named Geraci 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

Hainaut 117
Liège 18
Flemish Brabant 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

65 people named Geraci 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 30
Zurich 11
Fribourg 8
Graubünden 5
Valais 5
Neuchâtel 3
Solothurn 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

Geraci in American newspapers,
1909–1921.

Newspaper page from The Herald carrying the name Geraci
The Herald 1912-03-07
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Geraci
The Birmingham Age-herald 1921-12-19
Newspaper page from The Cairo Bulletin carrying the name Geraci
The Cairo Bulletin 1909-04-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,903 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Geraci,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Benedetto Geraci 1590–1660 · Catholic priest
  • Bernardo Geraci 1825–1889 · composer
  • Gaetano Geraci 1868–1931 · sculptor
  • Luciano Geraci 1877–1946 · Catholic priest
  • Luciano Geraci 1877–1946 · Catholic priest
  • Francesco Geraci 1889–1967 · politician

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Geraci is.
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