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The Nobili surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 138 people carried this name — #124,548 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 133 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 338 people named Nobili.

44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 44
Corsica 93
Bouches-du-Rhône 47
Var 31
Paris 30
Alpes-Maritimes 21
Meurthe-et-Moselle 17
Rhône 8
Ain 7

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 295 people named Nobili 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 121
Misiones 77
City of Buenos Aires 58
Santa Fe 26
Córdoba 13

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

44 people named Nobili live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

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

Where they live today

Graubünden 15
Zurich 13
Ticino 12
Aargau 4

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 Nobili,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Roberto de Nobili
    Roberto de Nobili 1577–1656 · missionary
  • Leopoldo Nobili
    Leopoldo Nobili 1784–1835 · physicist
  • Johann Nobili
    Johann Nobili 1798–1884 · military officer
  • Luigia Maria Rosa Alboni d. 1759 · painter
  • Cecilia Nobili 1630–1655 · nun
  • Johann Nobili 1760–1823 · military officer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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