The Maddalena surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,099 people carried this name — #23,205 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,056 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 458 people named Maddalena 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
161 people named Maddalena live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 83 people named Maddalena.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.
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.
Who carried it
People named Maddalena,
with a public archive behind them.
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Spiridione Maddalena 1824–1884 · Catholic priest -
Umberto Maddalena 1894–1931 · military officer -
Ferrante Maddalena 1676–1752 · politician
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Andrea Maddalena 1677–1743 · Catholic priest
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Franz Maddalena 1857–1938 · illustrator
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Edgardo Maddalena 1867–1929 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maddalena.
- Macone 153 · U.S. census
- Macri 2,637 · U.S. census
- Maczka 290 · U.S. census
- Madala 320 · U.S. census
- Madani 649 · U.S. census
- Madar 723 · U.S. census
- Made 267 · U.S. census
- Madeira 1,183 · U.S. census
- Madej 888 · U.S. census
- Madeline 237 · U.S. census
- Mader 5,434 · U.S. census
- Madere 1,087 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Maddalena is.
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