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The Olivo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,483 people carried this name — #3,412 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,200 people counted. That is up 27% from 8,262 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,030 people named Olivo 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 686
Córdoba 316
Santa Fe 304
Entre Ríos 294
City of Buenos Aires 133
Corrientes 77
San Luis 58
Chaco 53

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 399 people named Olivo.

41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Morbihan.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 41
Morbihan 124
Paris 35
Côtes-d’Armor 29
Finistère 22
Rhône 14
Seine-Maritime 12
Eure-et-Loir 9
Savoie 7

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

95 people named Olivo live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.

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

Where they live today

St. Gallen 29
Vaud 16
Zurich 13
Ticino 11
Geneva 9
Aargau 5
Bern 5
Zug 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.

In print

Olivo in American newspapers,
1898–1926.

Newspaper page from The National Tribune carrying the name Olivo
The National Tribune 1898-04-07
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Olivo
The Washington Times 1925-03-19
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Olivo
The Washington Daily News 1926-02-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,462 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Olivo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Camillo Olivo 1510–1573
  • Simpliciano Olivo 1594–1680 · composer
  • Oliviero Mario Olivo 1896–1981 · anatomist
  • Oliviero Mario Olivo 1896–1981 · anatomist
  • Julio Olivo Granadino 1901– · writer
  • Romano Olivo 1913–2008 · university teacher

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

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