The Padovan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 177 people carried this name — #101,737 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 1% from 178 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 235 people named Padovan 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 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 155 people named Padovan.
53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Lot-et-Garonne.
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
64 people named Padovan live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Padovan.
- Paco 403 · U.S. census
- Paczkowski 896 · U.S. census
- Pade 174 · U.S. census
- Padel 105 · U.S. census
- Pader 142 · U.S. census
- Padilla 105,365 · U.S. census
- Padovani 459 · U.S. census
- Padre 265 · U.S. census
- Paez 10,433 · U.S. census
- Paga 173 · U.S. census
- Pagan 23,474 · U.S. census
- Paganelli 542 · U.S. census
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