The Lupo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,425 people carried this name — #6,298 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (5,399).
What the name means
The meaning of the Lupo surname
From the noun lupo (“wolf”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lupo» (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 1,262 people named Lupo 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 265 people named Lupo.
Most of them — 169 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
223 people named Lupo live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 84 people named Lupo 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 Liège.
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 print
Lupo in American newspapers,
1912–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,057 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lupo.
- Lung 7,753 · U.S. census
- Luong 14,464 · U.S. census
- Luongo 2,686 · U.S. census
- Lupfer 366 · U.S. census
- Lupi 699 · U.S. census
- Lupin 133 · U.S. census
- Luppi 146 · U.S. census
- Luppino 830 · U.S. census
- Luque 2,296 · U.S. census
- Luquin 1,101 · U.S. census
- Lurie 2,405 · U.S. census
- Lusardi 693 · U.S. census
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