The Iacona surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 461 people carried this name — #46,219 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 450 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Iacona surname
Variant of Iacono.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Iacona» (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 116 people named Iacona 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 53 people named Iacona.
Most of them — 43 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Loire.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 41 people named Iacona 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Iacona live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Iacona,
with a public archive behind them.
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Isabel Iacona 1955– · painter
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Riccardo Iacona 1957– · screenwriter
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Arturo Iacona 1957– · long-distance runner
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Marco Iacona 1964– · writer
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Calogero Iacona 1967– · technician
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Andrea Iacona 1971– · university teacher
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Iacona.
- Hy 835 · U.S. census
- Hyacinthe 556 · U.S. census
- Hyon 376 · U.S. census
- Hypolite 899 · U.S. census
- Hyppolite 1,567 · U.S. census
- Iacobelli 401 · U.S. census
- Iaconelli 183 · U.S. census
- Iacono 1,990 · U.S. census
- Iafrate 622 · U.S. census
- Iannello 518 · U.S. census
- Iannetta 412 · U.S. census
- Ianni 775 · U.S. census
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