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The Giordani surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 448 people carried this name — #47,356 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is down 2% from 455 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Giordani surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the personal name Giordano.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Giordani» (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 605 people named Giordani 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 339
Santa Fe 71
City of Buenos Aires 63
Catamarca 57
Córdoba 45
Mendoza 17
Chubut 13

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 423 people named Giordani.

73 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 73
Corsica 188
Bouches-du-Rhône 50
Paris 24
Alpes-Maritimes 9
Rhône 9
Bas-Rhin 7
Vaucluse 6
Gard 6

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

71 people named Giordani live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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

Where they live today

Ticino 22
Zurich 16
Schaffhausen 10
Vaud 10
Geneva 7
Basel-Landschaft 3
Graubünden 3

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.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Giordani 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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