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The Occhipinti surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,290 people carried this name — #20,553 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,285).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Occhipinti surname

From occhi (“eyes”) + pinti (“painted”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Occhipinti» (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 584 people named Occhipinti 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 354
City of Buenos Aires 78
Mendoza 53
Río Negro 47
Córdoba 28
Salta 14
Tucumán 10

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 185 people named Occhipinti.

Most of them — 159 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 159
Paris 8
Haut-Rhin 4
Pyrénées-Orientales 2
Bouches-du-Rhône 2
Alpes-Maritimes 2
Aisne 2
Maine-et-Loire 1
Moselle 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

69 people named Occhipinti live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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

Vaud 30
Schaffhausen 10
Fribourg 9
Ticino 9
Zurich 7
Lucerne 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 Occhipinti,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gianbattista Occhipinti Scopetta 1770–1836 · Catholic priest
  • Giorgio Occhipinti 1872–1959 · writer
  • Giorgio Occhipinti 1872–1959 · writer
  • Roberto Occhipinti 1881–1950 · mathematician
  • Giuseppe Occhipinti 1892–1943 · physician
  • Antonino Occhipinti 1919–1999 · politician

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Occhipinti is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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