The Moretto surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 524 people carried this name — #41,501 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 3% from 543 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Moretto surname
From a hypocoristic form of the surname Moro.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Moretto» (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 747 people named Moretto 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 417 people named Moretto.
172 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Var.
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
107 people named Moretto live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Moretto in American newspapers,
1872–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 629 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Moretto,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marcia Moretto 1946–1983 · choreographer -
Paolo Moretto 1959– · painter -
Vanni Moretto 1967– · composer -
Graziella Moretto 1972– · actor -
Sara Moretto 1980– · politician -
Giuseppe Moretto 1550–1628 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 42 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Moretto.
- Mores 422 · U.S. census
- Moreschi 373 · U.S. census
- Moresco 359 · U.S. census
- Moret 1,071 · U.S. census
- Moreton 652 · U.S. census
- Moretti 3,858 · U.S. census
- Morey 10,894 · U.S. census
- Morfin 4,505 · U.S. census
- Morgado 1,803 · U.S. census
- Morgan 286,280 · U.S. census
- Morgante 343 · U.S. census
- Morganti 1,078 · U.S. census
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