The Ghelfi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 200 people carried this name — #91,981 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 11% from 180 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 412 people named Ghelfi 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 Santa Fe.
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 138 people named Ghelfi.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 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
46 people named Ghelfi live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ghelfi.
- Gey 113 · U.S. census
- Geyer 7,962 · U.S. census
- Ghali 427 · U.S. census
- Ghanem 1,017 · U.S. census
- Ghazarian 965 · U.S. census
- Ghazi 664 · U.S. census
- Gheorghe 259 · U.S. census
- Gherardi 462 · U.S. census
- Gherardini 255 · U.S. census
- Ghersi 127 · U.S. census
- Ghesquiere 158 · U.S. census
- Ghezzi 375 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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