The Napoleone surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 292 people carried this name — #67,519 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (291).
In Argentina’s national register
At least 163 people named Napoleone 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 90 people named Napoleone.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 54 people named Napoleone 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 Hainaut.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
47 people named Napoleone live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Napoleone,
with a public archive behind them.
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Federico Napoleone 1813–1833 -
Giovanni Napoleone 1850–1950 · translator
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Nicodemo Napoleone 1947– · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Napoleone.
- Nana 428 · U.S. census
- Nancy 165 · U.S. census
- Nanni 932 · U.S. census
- Nannini 454 · U.S. census
- Napierala 541 · U.S. census
- Napoleon 2,624 · U.S. census
- Napoleoni 158 · U.S. census
- Napoletano 323 · U.S. census
- Napoli 5,127 · U.S. census
- Napolitano 7,153 · U.S. census
- Nappe 174 · U.S. census
- Nappi 2,292 · U.S. census
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