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The Manetti surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 183 people carried this name — #98,982 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 178 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Manetti surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the rare personal name Manetto.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Manetti» (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 463 people named Manetti 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 291
Córdoba 124
City of Buenos Aires 25
Chaco 13
Entre Ríos 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 122 people named Manetti.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 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

Born outside France 16
Paris 24
Bouches-du-Rhône 16
Gironde 15
Yvelines 15
Gard 9
Var 8
Alpes-Maritimes 5
Ariège 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

99 people named Manetti live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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

Where they live today

Ticino 87
Zurich 5
Vaud 4
Geneva 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.

In print

Manetti in American newspapers,
1910.

Newspaper page from The Gordon Journal carrying the name Manetti
The Gordon Journal 1910-10-21
Newspaper page from The Searchlight carrying the name Manetti
The Searchlight 1910-10-21
Newspaper page from The Yale Expositor carrying the name Manetti
The Yale Expositor 1910-10-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 406 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Manetti,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti
    Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti 1571–1639 · painter
  • Saverio Manetti
    Saverio Manetti 1723–1784 · naturalist
  • Teresa Maria Manetti
    Teresa Maria Manetti 1846–1910 · nun
  • Giacomo Manetti d. 1743 · Catholic priest
  • Antonio Manetti 1423–1497 · architect
  • Braccio Manetti 1607–1652

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

When the index is not enough

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

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