The Liotta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,407 people carried this name — #19,266 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,388 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Liotta surname
Variant of Leotta.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Liotta» (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 375 people named Liotta 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 mapWhere they live today
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 64 people named Liotta.
Most of them — 39 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 44 people named Liotta 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 Namur.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
40 people named Liotta live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Liotta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jay Alan Liotta 1959– · civil servant -
Aurelio Liotta 1886–1948 · politician
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Aurelio Liotta 1886–1948 · politician
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Domingo Liotta 1924–2022 · cardiac surgeon
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Silvio Liotta 1935–2018 · politician
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Silvio Liotta 1935–2018 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Liotta.
- Lino 3,625 · U.S. census
- Linster 264 · U.S. census
- Lintz 2,050 · U.S. census
- Lio 516 · U.S. census
- Lion 929 · U.S. census
- Lions 315 · U.S. census
- Liou 1,162 · U.S. census
- Lipari 2,048 · U.S. census
- Lipinski 3,615 · U.S. census
- Lipka 1,665 · U.S. census
- Lipp 3,096 · U.S. census
- Lippens 406 · U.S. census
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