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The Massimino surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 594 people carried this name — #37,492 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 543 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Massimino surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From Latin Maximīnus, a diminutive of Maximus.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Massimino» (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 698 people named Massimino 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 269
Córdoba 249
Santa Fe 86
City of Buenos Aires 75
Entre Ríos 19

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 70 people named Massimino.

21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 21
Bouches-du-Rhône 21
Alpes-Maritimes 9
Tarn 5
Paris 4
Essonne 4
Yvelines 2
Var 1
Vaucluse 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

32 people named Massimino live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 10
St. Gallen 10
Solothurn 6
Bern 3
Ticino 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 Massimino,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Michael J. Massimino
    Michael J. Massimino 1962– · engineer
  • Alberto Massimino 1895–1975 · engineer
  • Alberto Massimino 1895–1975 · engineer
  • Rosario Massimino 1899– · engineer
  • Angelo Massimino 1927–1996 · businessperson
  • Angelo Massimino 1927–1996 · businessperson

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Massimino 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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