The Gervasi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,311 people carried this name — #20,285 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,259 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gervasi surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Patronymic surname from the personal name Gervasio.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gervasi» (Italian), 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 531 people named Gervasi 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
177 people named Gervasi live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 174 people named Gervasi.
Most of them — 97 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Gervasi 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Gervasi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Andrea Gervasi 1582–1668 · Catholic priest
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Ifigenia Gervasi Zauli Sajani 1810–1883 · writer
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Isotta Gervasi 1889–1967 · physician
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Isotta Gervasi 1889–1967 · physician
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Frank Gervasi 1895–
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Pius Gervasi 1898–1986
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gervasi.
- Gerst 1,913 · U.S. census
- Gerster 337 · U.S. census
- Gerstner 2,038 · U.S. census
- Gerthoffer 109 · U.S. census
- Gertz 2,018 · U.S. census
- Gervais 5,233 · U.S. census
- Gervasoni 145 · U.S. census
- Gerwig 786 · U.S. census
- Gery 514 · U.S. census
- Geschwind 196 · U.S. census
- Gesell 925 · U.S. census
- Gesse 165 · U.S. census
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