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The Paganelli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 542 people carried this name — #40,371 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (542).

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Paganelli surname

Hypocoristic form of Pagani.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Paganelli» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 408 people named Paganelli.

75 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 75
Corsica 165
Bouches-du-Rhône 28
Paris 26
Var 24
Rhône 19
Alpes-Maritimes 11
Gard 10
Jura 9

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 371 people named Paganelli 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 196
Córdoba 67
City of Buenos Aires 61
Santa Fe 33
Río Negro 14

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

34 people named Paganelli live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

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

Where they live today

Valais 10
Ticino 7
Fribourg 4
Zurich 4
Bern 3
Basel-Landschaft 3
Neuchâtel 3

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 Paganelli,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Domenico Paganelli
    Domenico Paganelli 1545–1624 · architect
  • Niccolò Paganelli 1538–1620 · painter
  • Ascanio Paganelli 1636–1710 · Catholic priest
  • Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli 1710–1763 · composer
  • Don Sauveur Paganelli 1888–1979 · official
  • Arrigo Paganelli 1899–1980 · lawyer

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

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