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The Negri surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,575 people carried this name — #17,784 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,599 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Negri surname

A surname from Italian, of Brazilian usage.

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Negri.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Negri» (Portuguese), 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 2,731 people named Negri 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,324
City of Buenos Aires 402
Santa Fe 289
Córdoba 236
Mendoza 169
Entre Ríos 78
Salta 55
Chaco 34

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

514 people named Negri live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 168
Zurich 71
Bern 52
Jura 36
Vaud 32
Aargau 24
Graubünden 22
Lucerne 20

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 498 people named Negri.

130 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 départements, most often Paris.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 130
Paris 75
Corsica 52
Bouches-du-Rhône 22
Var 18
Meurthe-et-Moselle 17
Alpes-Maritimes 15
Rhône 14
Doubs 10

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

In the Nordic population registers

25 people named Negri is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 25

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Negri in American newspapers,
1919–1951.

Newspaper page from The Patriot carrying the name Negri
The Patriot 1919-04-26
Newspaper page from The Pensacola Journal carrying the name Negri
The Pensacola Journal 1921-12-13
Newspaper page from L'Araldo = The Herald carrying the name Negri
L'Araldo = The Herald 1943-10-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 29,654 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Negri,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Cesare Negri
    Cesare Negri 1535–1605 · composer
  • Antonio Negri
    Antonio Negri 1601–1800 · jurist
  • Francesco Negri
    Francesco Negri 1623–1698 · naturalist
  • Maria Caterina Negri
    Maria Caterina Negri 1704– · opera singer
  • Alessandro Negri di Sanfront
    Alessandro Negri di Sanfront 1804–1884 · military personnel

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 202 lives in all are documented under this name.

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