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The Maugeri surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 580 people carried this name — #38,214 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 588 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Maugeri surname

From the Sicilian Maugeri, a surname derived from maugeri (“herdsman”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Maugeri» (English), 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 506 people named Maugeri 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 275
City of Buenos Aires 136
Córdoba 35
Santa Fe 25
Mendoza 24
Río Negro 11

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 60 people named Maugeri.

Most of them — 41 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 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 41
Bouches-du-Rhône 8
Alpes-Maritimes 4
Nord 2
Charente 1
Corsica 1
Isère 1
Paris 1
Var 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

55 people named Maugeri live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

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

Where they live today

Valais 12
Ticino 11
Vaud 10
Zurich 9
Thurgau 6
Aargau 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.

Who carried it

People named Maugeri,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carmelo Maugeri
    Carmelo Maugeri 1889–1986 · opera singer
  • Carmelo Maugeri
    Carmelo Maugeri 1889–1986 · opera singer
  • Franco Maugeri
    Franco Maugeri 1898–1978 · military personnel
  • Franco Maugeri
    Franco Maugeri 1898–1978 · military personnel
  • Antonino Maugeri 1813–1891 · Catholic priest
  • Vincenzo Maugeri Zangara 1866–1948 · writer

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Maugeri 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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