The Iori surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 160 people carried this name — #110,286 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 8% from 173 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Iori surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Patronymic surname from the personal name Iorio.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Iori» (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 83 people named Iori.
39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Var.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
41 people named Iori live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 32 people named Iori 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 print
Iori in American newspapers,
1881–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 64,770 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Iori,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vanna Iori 1948– · politician -
Diego Iori 1986– · ice hockey player -
Moe Iori 1993– · gravure idol -
Nevio Iori 1925– · tour guide
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Ivo Iori 1949–
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Fabiano Vidoi Iori 1977– · paleontologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 14 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Iori.
- Iniguez 8,750 · U.S. census
- Innocent 1,618 · U.S. census
- Innocenti 535 · U.S. census
- Innocenzi 224 · U.S. census
- Insalaco 775 · U.S. census
- Ionescu 853 · U.S. census
- Iorio 2,165 · U.S. census
- Iovino 1,301 · U.S. census
- Iparraguirre 236 · U.S. census
- Ippolito 4,246 · U.S. census
- Iraola 339 · U.S. census
- Iriarte 977 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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