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The Letizia surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,028 people carried this name — #24,370 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 998 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Letizia surname

A surname originating as a matronymic.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Letizia» (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 165 people named Letizia 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 96
San Juan 40
City of Buenos Aires 29

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 70 people named Letizia.

Most of them — 42 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Isère.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 42
Isère 13
Hérault 5
Calvados 4
Seine-et-Marne 2
La Réunion 2
Yvelines 1
Var 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

50 people named Letizia live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.

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

Where they live today

Neuchâtel 17
Ticino 15
Zurich 9
Geneva 6
Bern 3

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 23 people named Letizia 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

Hainaut 13
Flemish Brabant 10

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

Who carried it

People named Letizia,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Maria Teresa Letizia
    Maria Teresa Letizia 1947–2004 · actor
  • Camillo Letizia 1798–1859 · Catholic priest
  • Giuseppe Letizia 1935–1948 · herder
  • Giuseppe Letizia 1935–1948 · herder
  • Jodi Letizia 1963– · actor
  • Amedeo Letizia 1966– · screenwriter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Letizia 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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