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The Lorenzini surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 605 people carried this name — #36,900 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 583 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lorenzini surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Lorenzo.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lorenzini» (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 666 people named Lorenzini 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 Santa Fe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Santa Fe 336
Buenos Aires Province 213
Córdoba 45
City of Buenos Aires 41
Entre Ríos 21
Chaco 10

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 538 people named Lorenzini.

124 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 49 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 124
Bouches-du-Rhône 58
Meurthe-et-Moselle 49
Moselle 41
Paris 37
Var 28
Corsica 26
Yvelines 21
Doubs 17

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

151 people named Lorenzini live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 32
Vaud 26
Ticino 17
Bern 15
Zurich 12
St. Gallen 9
Basel-Stadt 8
Valais 7

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 Lorenzini,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lorenzo Lorenzini
    Lorenzo Lorenzini 1650–1721 · mathematician
  • Carlo Collodi
    Carlo Collodi 1826–1890 · writer
  • Carlo Collodi
    Carlo Collodi 1826–1890 · writer
  • Carlo Collodi
    Carlo Collodi 1826–1890 · writer
  • Carlo Collodi
    Carlo Collodi 1826–1890 · writer
  • Antonio Lorenzini 1514–1577 · Catholic priest

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

When the index is not enough

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

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