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The Innocenti surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 535 people carried this name — #40,800 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (535).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Innocenti surname

From innocente (“innocent”), a nickname given to foundlings, especially the ones received into the Ospedale degli Innocenti, in Florence.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Innocenti» (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 418 people named Innocenti.

99 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 99
Bouches-du-Rhône 97
Alpes-Maritimes 39
Corsica 29
Var 22
Vaucluse 19
Ain 19
Paris 15
Meuse 10

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 272 people named Innocenti 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 156
Mendoza 42
Santa Fe 33
City of Buenos Aires 30
Córdoba 11

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

95 people named Innocenti live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 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

Ticino 39
Zurich 11
Geneva 9
Vaud 7
Graubünden 6
Solothurn 6
Lucerne 5
Basel-Stadt 5

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 the Nordic population registers

27 people named Innocenti is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 27

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Innocenti,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giovanni Innocenti
    Giovanni Innocenti 1888–1975 · association football player
  • Giovanni Innocenti
    Giovanni Innocenti 1888–1975 · association football player
  • Innocenzo Innocenti 1624–1697 · religious
  • Giuseppe Innocenti 1868–1949 · politician
  • Giuseppe Innocenti 1868–1949 · politician
  • Camillo Innocenti 1871–1961 · painter

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

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Surnames next to Innocenti.

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