The Milano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,609 people carried this name — #6,115 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,600 people counted. That is up 9% from 5,150 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,849 people named Milano 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 350 people named Milano.
112 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
229 people named Milano live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 25 people named Milano live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Milano in American newspapers,
1896–1940.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 43,478 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Milano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giacomo Milano 1699–1780 · opera composer -
Agesilao Milano 1830–1856 · military personnel -
Giuseppe Milano 1887–1971 · association football coach -
Felice Milano 1891–1915 · association football player -
Aldo Milano 1896–1921 · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 119 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Milano.
- Mikolajczyk 1,166 · U.S. census
- Mikula 2,310 · U.S. census
- Mila 447 · U.S. census
- Milan 6,268 · U.S. census
- Milanese 574 · U.S. census
- Milani 1,416 · U.S. census
- Milanovic 316 · U.S. census
- Milazzo 2,885 · U.S. census
- Milbach 122 · U.S. census
- Milenkovic 200 · U.S. census
- Miler 1,121 · U.S. census
- Miles 84,942 · U.S. census
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