The Graziani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,253 people carried this name — #20,996 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,243 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Graziani surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From the personal name Graziano.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Graziani» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,276 people named Graziani.
140 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Corsica.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 978 people named Graziani 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 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
74 people named Graziani live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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
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.
Who carried it
People named Graziani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio Maria Graziani 1537–1611 · historian -
Bonifazio Graziani 1605–1664 · composer -
Rinaldo Graziani d. 1529 · archbishop
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Galeotto Graziani 1401–1522 · Catholic priest
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Simone Graziani 1449–1509 · Renaissance humanist
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Erasmo Graziani 1527–1609 · legal counselor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Graziani.
- Gravier 241 · U.S. census
- Gravil 123 · U.S. census
- Gravina 648 · U.S. census
- Gray 246,116 · U.S. census
- Grazi 136 · U.S. census
- Grazia 106 · U.S. census
- Graziano 7,559 · U.S. census
- Grazioli 278 · U.S. census
- Grazzini 150 · U.S. census
- Greaux 313 · U.S. census
- Greber 374 · U.S. census
- Grech 1,235 · U.S. census
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