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The Giangreco surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 396 people carried this name — #52,383 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 15% from 343 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Giangreco surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

A patronymic surname, from Gian + Greco.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Giangreco» (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 379 people named Giangreco 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 208
City of Buenos Aires 73
Santa Fe 63
Santiago del Estero 22
Tucumán 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

125 people named Giangreco live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

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

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 20
Vaud 19
Zurich 17
Ticino 15
Basel-Stadt 13
Valais 11
St. Gallen 6
Lucerne 6

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 73 people named Giangreco.

Most of them — 62 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 62
Moselle 5
Val-de-Marne 2
Bouches-du-Rhône 1
Jura 1
Nord 1
Var 1

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

Who carried it

People named Giangreco,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francesco Giangreco 1891–1980 · military leader
  • Francesco Giangreco 1891–1980 · military leader
  • Elio Giangreco 1924–2008 · engineer
  • Elio Giangreco 1924–2008 · engineer
  • Michael F. Giangreco 1956– · special education teacher
  • Enrico Flavio Giangreco 1966– · journalist

Wikidata (CC0).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Giangreco 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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