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The Lepri surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 187 people carried this name — #97,210 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 2% from 190 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lepri surname

Patronymic or plural form of Lepre.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lepri» (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 73 people named Lepri.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Alpes-Maritimes 18
Meurthe-et-Moselle 10
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 3
Bouches-du-Rhône 2
Hérault 1
Moselle 1
Paris 1
Yvelines 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

55 people named Lepri live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.

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

Where they live today

St. Gallen 18
Vaud 13
Aargau 7
Ticino 7
Zurich 6
Geneva 4

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 Lepri,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giovanni Lepri
    Giovanni Lepri 1826–1885 · military personnel
  • Giovanni Lepri d. 1892 · ballet dancer
  • Stanislao Lepri 1905–1980 · painter
  • Stanislao Lepri 1905–1980 · painter
  • Sergio Lepri 1919–2022 · journalist
  • Adalberto Lepri 1929–2014 · amateur wrestler

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Lepri is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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