The Nesta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 446 people carried this name — #47,521 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 432 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Nesta surname
From Italian Onesta (feminine variant of Onesto).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nesta» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Nesta.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Isère.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Nesta live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 24 people named Nesta 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Nesta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alessandro Nesta 1976– · association football coach
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nesta.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Nesta is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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