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The Magliano surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 364 people carried this name — #56,195 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 342 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Magliano surname

A surname transferred from the place name.

Habitational surname from any of various places called Magliano.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Magliano» (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 829 people named Magliano 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 354
Córdoba 236
City of Buenos Aires 113
Santa Fe 74
San Luis 16
Neuquén 15
Mendoza 11
Corrientes 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 101 people named Magliano.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Alpes-Maritimes 27
Var 18
Bouches-du-Rhône 8
Rhône 4
Isère 2
Seine-Maritime 2
Paris 2
Haut-Rhin 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

63 people named Magliano live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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

Vaud 22
Valais 17
Zurich 10
Geneva 7
Fribourg 4
Neuchâtel 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.

Who carried it

People named Magliano,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gavino Magliano d. 1641 · Catholic priest
  • Gaetano Magliano 1822–1877 · soldier
  • Raffaele Magliano 1828– · lawyer
  • Giuseppe Magliano 1883–1971 · lawyer
  • Giuseppe Magliano 1883–1971 · lawyer
  • Arturo Magliano 1889–1965 · veterinarian

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Magliano 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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