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The Gottardi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 209 people carried this name — #88,685 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 205 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Gottardi surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the personal name Gottardo.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gottardi» (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 373 people named Gottardi 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 map

Where they live today

Córdoba 163
Buenos Aires Province 70
Santa Fe 57
City of Buenos Aires 27
Entre Ríos 17
La Rioja 15
Tucumán 13
Mendoza 11

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

169 people named Gottardi live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 101
Zurich 23
Bern 19
Vaud 7
Aargau 6
Basel-Landschaft 5
Fribourg 4
Geneva 4

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 94 people named Gottardi.

32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 32
Haute-Garonne 20
Yonne 9
Haut-Rhin 6
Bouches-du-Rhône 3
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Savoie 2
Haute-Saône 2
Rhône 2

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

Who carried it

People named Gottardi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giovanni Gottardi
    Giovanni Gottardi 1840–1915 · lawyer
  • Giovanni Gottardi
    Giovanni Gottardi 1840–1915 · lawyer
  • Giovanni Gottardi
    Giovanni Gottardi 1840–1915 · lawyer
  • Domenico Gottardi 1729–1794 · Catholic priest
  • Giovanni Gottardi 1733–1812 · painter
  • Angelo Gottardi 1826–1911 · architect

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Gottardi 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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