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The Geremia surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 697 people carried this name — #32,900 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 674 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Geremia surname

Patronymic surname borrowed from Italian Geremia.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Geremia» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 308 people named Geremia 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 Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 155
Buenos Aires Province 57
Mendoza 51
Santa Fe 45

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 63 people named Geremia.

27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 27
Pas-de-Calais 7
Bouches-du-Rhône 7
Alpes-Maritimes 5
Haute-Garonne 5
Maine-et-Loire 3
Lot-et-Garonne 2
Savoie 2
Loire 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

25 people named Geremia live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

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

Where they live today

Valais 9
Vaud 5
Bern 4
Geneva 4
Ticino 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.

When the index is not enough

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

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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