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The Giacomelli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 410 people carried this name — #50,851 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 11% from 371 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Giacomelli surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Patronymic surname from a diminutive form of the personal name Giacomo.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Giacomelli» (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 1,027 people named Giacomelli 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 321
Córdoba 212
Santa Fe 182
Entre Ríos 104
Mendoza 99
City of Buenos Aires 47
San Luis 19
Río Negro 15

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 249 people named Giacomelli.

74 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 74
Moselle 36
Bouches-du-Rhône 31
Meurthe-et-Moselle 14
Isère 10
Meuse 9
Ardèche 8
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 8
Paris 7

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

200 people named Giacomelli live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Graubünden 53
Zurich 35
Ticino 33
Aargau 11
Geneva 11
Basel-Landschaft 11
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 11
Solothurn 8

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 24 people named Giacomelli 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 Liège.

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

Where they live today

Liège 24

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

Who carried it

People named Giacomelli,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Geminiano Giacomelli
    Geminiano Giacomelli 1692–1740 · composer
  • Hector Giacomelli
    Hector Giacomelli 1822–1904 · illustrator
  • Giacomo de' Giacomelli 1498–1560 · Catholic priest
  • Michelangelo Giacomelli 1695–1774 · Catholic priest
  • Giuseppe Giacomelli 1759–1822 · composer
  • Raffaele Giacomelli 1777–1851 · jurist

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

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