The Germano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,499 people carried this name — #12,432 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 117,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,383 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,026 people named Germano 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
117 people named Germano live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 113 people named Germano.
42 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 print
Germano in American newspapers,
1898–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,661 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Germano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Virginia Ferni Germano 1849–1934 · violinist -
Girolamo Germano 1568–1632 · philologist
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Isabelle Montour 1667–1752 · politician
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Gaetano Germano 1824–1895 · musician
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J. Germano 1850–1950 · writer
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Mario Germano 1900–1980 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Germano.
- Gerlinger 185 · U.S. census
- Germain 7,332 · U.S. census
- Germaine 1,324 · U.S. census
- German 16,661 · U.S. census
- Germani 464 · U.S. census
- Germann 2,612 · U.S. census
- Germany 3,825 · U.S. census
- Germon 137 · U.S. census
- Germond 566 · U.S. census
- Gerner 1,823 · U.S. census
- Gerold 561 · U.S. census
- Gerome 370 · U.S. census
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