The Nardi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,147 people carried this name — #10,243 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 93,500 people counted. That is up 7% from 2,954 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Nardi surname
A surname transferred from the given name.
From the personal name Nardo.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nardi» (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 2,130 people named Nardi 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 398 people named Nardi.
149 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 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
126 people named Nardi live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 22 people named Nardi 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 Brussels-Capital.
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
Nardi in American newspapers,
1877–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,729 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Nardi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacopo Nardi 1476–1563 · writer
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Caesar Nardi 1572–1633 · Catholic priest
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Angelo Nardi 1584–1665 · painter
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Giovanni Nardi 1585–1654 · physician
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Antonio Nardi 1598–1649 · naturalist
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Antonio Nardi 1598–1648 · naturalist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nardi.
- Naquin 4,617 · U.S. census
- Naranjo 15,658 · U.S. census
- Narcisse 2,774 · U.S. census
- Nard 782 · U.S. census
- Nardella 815 · U.S. census
- Nardelli 746 · U.S. census
- Nardin 269 · U.S. census
- Nardini 843 · U.S. census
- Nardo 821 · U.S. census
- Nardone 3,180 · U.S. census
- Narducci 915 · U.S. census
- Narduzzi 160 · U.S. census
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