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The Morganti surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,078 people carried this name — #23,555 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,020 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Morganti surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the rare personal name Morgante.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Morganti» (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 658 people named Morganti 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 350
Santa Fe 115
Mendoza 92
City of Buenos Aires 52
Neuquén 28
Córdoba 21

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 345 people named Morganti.

67 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 67
Bouches-du-Rhône 75
Corsica 70
Var 19
Haut-Rhin 14
Alpes-Maritimes 13
Meurthe-et-Moselle 13
Hérault 10
Paris 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

104 people named Morganti live in Switzerland.

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

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

Where they live today

Ticino 46
Zurich 30
Vaud 12
Bern 5
Geneva 5
Basel-Landschaft 3
Neuchâtel 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.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 21 people named Morganti 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 Limburg.

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

Where they live today

Limburg 16
Brussels-Capital 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Morganti,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pasquale Morganti
    Pasquale Morganti 1852–1921 · Catholic priest
  • Tommaso Morganti d. 1419 · Catholic priest
  • Pompeo Morganti 1494–1568 · painter
  • Bento Morganti 1709–1783 · writer
  • Giovanni Morganti 1835–1903 · composer
  • Pasquale Morganti 1861–1940 · architect

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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