The Giovannini surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 616 people carried this name — #36,337 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 1% from 623 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Giovannini surname
A surname transferred from the given name.
From a diminutive form of the personal name Giovanni.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Giovannini» (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 1,046 people named Giovannini 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 Córdoba.
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
384 people named Giovannini live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 305 people named Giovannini.
90 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Giovannini 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Giovannini.
- Giovagnoli 131 · U.S. census
- Giovanelli 404 · U.S. census
- Giovanetti 508 · U.S. census
- Giovannelli 297 · U.S. census
- Giovannetti 606 · U.S. census
- Giovanni 831 · U.S. census
- Giovannone 229 · U.S. census
- Giovannoni 429 · U.S. census
- Giovinazzo 497 · U.S. census
- Giral 160 · U.S. census
- Giraldi 270 · U.S. census
- Giralt 193 · U.S. census
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