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The Milanese surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 574 people carried this name — #38,532 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 543 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Milanese surname

A surname transferred from the place name.

Habitational surname, from milanese (“Milanese”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Milanese» (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 655 people named Milanese 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 313
Santa Fe 106
City of Buenos Aires 62
La Pampa 49
Córdoba 44
Mendoza 40
Misiones 20
Formosa 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 109 people named Milanese.

52 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Var.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 52
Var 13
Aisne 7
Haute-Savoie 6
Pas-de-Calais 4
Gers 3
Tarn-et-Garonne 2
Savoie 2
Moselle 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

53 people named Milanese live in Switzerland.

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

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

Where they live today

Thurgau 13
Ticino 11
Zurich 11
Geneva 7
Basel-Landschaft 4
Basel-Stadt 4
Vaud 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 Milanese,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Concetta Milanese
    Concetta Milanese 1962– · shot putter
  • Mauro Milanese
    Mauro Milanese 1971– · association football coach
  • Giambattista Milanese d. 1577 · Catholic priest
  • René Milanese 1926–2010 · amateur photographer
  • Cesare Milanese 1930– · writer
  • Guido Milanese 1951– · politician

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Milanese.

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