Lentini surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Lentini surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,677 people carried this name — #11,709 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 109,900 people counted. That is up 14% from 2,342 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,133 people named Lentini 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 544
City of Buenos Aires 199
Mendoza 100
Córdoba 92
Misiones 88
Santa Fe 77
Entre Ríos 23
San Luis 10

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 226 people named Lentini 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 92
Liège 75
Luxembourg Province 23
Flemish Brabant 17
Brussels-Capital 7
Limburg 6
Namur 6

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 188 people named Lentini.

Most of them — 136 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 136
Seine-Saint-Denis 10
Côte-d’Or 8
Bouches-du-Rhône 6
Loire 6
Var 5
Alpes-Maritimes 4
Moselle 3
Paris 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

171 people named Lentini live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 78
Ticino 31
Graubünden 14
Bern 12
Geneva 9
St. Gallen 7
Valais 6
Aargau 6

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 print

Lentini in American newspapers,
1883–1929.

Newspaper page from Douglas Daily Dispatch carrying the name Lentini
Douglas Daily Dispatch 1929-01-20
Newspaper page from The Patriot carrying the name Lentini
The Patriot 1915-08-27
Newspaper page from Sacramento Daily Record-union carrying the name Lentini
Sacramento Daily Record-union 1883-10-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,199 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lentini,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Domenico Lentini
    Domenico Lentini 1770–1828 · presbyter
  • Frank Lentini
    Frank Lentini 1889–1966 · showman
  • Frank Lentini
    Frank Lentini 1889–1966 · showman
  • Frank Lentini
    Frank Lentini 1889–1966 · showman
  • Benito Lentini 1793–1846 · composer
  • Giovanni Lentini the Elder 1830–1898 · painter

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

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