The Ortolani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 349 people carried this name — #58,182 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is down 5% from 366 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ortolani surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
Occupational surname from ortolano (“greengrocer”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ortolani» (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 616 people named Ortolani 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 Santa Fe.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 66 people named Ortolani.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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
22 people named Ortolani live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
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 Ortolani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Emanuele Ortolani 1758–1828 · lawyer -
Angiolina Ortolani 1830–1913 · opera singer -
Angiolina Ortolani 1834–1913 · opera singer
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Giuseppe Ortolani 1674–1734 · engraver
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Angelo Ortolani 1788–1871 · composer
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Terenzio Ortolani 1799–1875 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ortolani.
- Ortega 127,256 · U.S. census
- Ortel 320 · U.S. census
- Orth 6,345 · U.S. census
- Ortis 1,584 · U.S. census
- Ortiz 286,899 · U.S. census
- Ortlieb 719 · U.S. census
- Orts 197 · U.S. census
- Ortuno 2,058 · U.S. census
- Orville 125 · U.S. census
- Ory 997 · U.S. census
- Orzechowski 1,594 · U.S. census
- Oscar 1,781 · U.S. census
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