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The Gualtieri surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,298 people carried this name — #20,458 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,268 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Gualtieri surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the personal name Gualtiero.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gualtieri» (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 1,241 people named Gualtieri 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 683
Córdoba 171
Santa Fe 130
City of Buenos Aires 125
Chaco 72
Santiago del Estero 25
Neuquén 23
Río Negro 12

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 174 people named Gualtieri.

76 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 76
Bouches-du-Rhône 19
Corsica 19
Moselle 10
Meurthe-et-Moselle 10
Hérault 10
Paris 6
Alpes-Maritimes 5
Loire 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

151 people named Gualtieri live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 52
Aargau 28
Zurich 21
Geneva 14
Basel-Landschaft 9
Bern 8
Vaud 8
Thurgau 7

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 27 people named Gualtieri 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

Hainaut 15
Namur 7
Brussels-Capital 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Gualtieri,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Filippo Antonio Gualterio
    Filippo Antonio Gualterio 1660–1728 · Catholic priest
  • Filippo Antonio Gualterio
    Filippo Antonio Gualterio 1660–1728 · Catholic priest
  • Giulio Gualtieri d. 1612
  • Pietro Paolo Gualtieri 1501–1572 · orientalist
  • Sebastiano Gualtieri 1513–1566
  • Francesco Gualtieri 1520–1565 · painter

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

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