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The Orefice surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 709 people carried this name — #32,438 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (710).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Orefice surname

A surname originating as an occupation.

Occupational surname for a jeweller, from orefice (“jeweller; goldsmith”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Orefice» (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 163 people named Orefice 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 93
City of Buenos Aires 25
Mendoza 17
Córdoba 16
Santa Fe 12

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

100 people named Orefice live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Schaffhausen.

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

Where they live today

Schaffhausen 18
Ticino 17
Geneva 12
Aargau 11
Jura 11
Bern 8
Zurich 7
Valais 6

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 73 people named Orefice.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 20
Moselle 20
Vosges 11
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Paris 8
Bouches-du-Rhône 3
Alpes-Maritimes 2
Indre-et-Loire 1

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

Who carried it

People named Orefice,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giacomo Orefice
    Giacomo Orefice 1865–1922 · composer
  • Antonio Orefice 1685–1727 · composer
  • Vittorio Orefice 1924–1998 · journalist
  • Vittorio Orefice 1924–1998 · journalist
  • Giorgio Orefice 1941– · painter
  • Antonella Orefice 1967–

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

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Surnames next to Orefice.

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