The Medici surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 871 people carried this name — #27,625 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 882 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Medici surname
A surname of a powerful and influential aristocratic Florentine family from the 13th to 17th centuries.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary — entry «Medici» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,604 people named Medici 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
353 people named Medici live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 147 people named Medici.
73 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Yvelines.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Medici.
- Meckler 482 · U.S. census
- Meda 985 · U.S. census
- Medal 520 · U.S. census
- Medard 194 · U.S. census
- Meder 1,130 · U.S. census
- Mediavilla 302 · U.S. census
- Medico 512 · U.S. census
- Medin 370 · U.S. census
- Medina 188,497 · U.S. census
- Medinger 468 · U.S. census
- Medrano 40,261 · U.S. census
- Meersman 256 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Medici is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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