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The Marinello surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,459 people carried this name — #18,786 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 204,100 people counted. That is down 4% from 1,519 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Marinello surname

From Italian Marinello, from Marinello, a village in Sicily, and marinello, from Medieval Latin marinellus (“sailor, mariner”), q.v.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Marinello» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 85 people named Marinello.

Most of them — 43 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Saône-et-Loire.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 43
Saône-et-Loire 7
Paris 5
Loire 4
Haute-Savoie 3
Hérault 3
Aude 3
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 3
Alpes-Maritimes 3

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

77 people named Marinello live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 22
Aargau 15
St. Gallen 12
Bern 7
Ticino 7
Geneva 6
Appenzell Innerrhoden 4
Lucerne 4

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 38 people named Marinello 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 38

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Marinello,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Zoilo Marinello Vidaurreta 1919–1990 · physician
  • Ginette Marinello 1946– · oncologist
  • Peter Marinello 1950– · association football player
  • Mitchell L. Marinello 1954–
  • Gaspare Antonio Marinello 1955– · politician
  • Giuseppe Marinello 1958– · politician

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Marinello 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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