Paganini surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Paganini surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 342 people carried this name — #59,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 9% from 313 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,505 people named Paganini 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 730
Santa Fe 213
City of Buenos Aires 147
Córdoba 140
Corrientes 61
Entre Ríos 61
San Luis 39
Mendoza 39

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

374 people named Paganini live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Graubünden 142
Zurich 40
Ticino 35
Bern 32
St. Gallen 28
Aargau 17
Lucerne 15
Thurgau 11

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 74 people named Paganini.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Paris 15
Yvelines 9
Bouches-du-Rhône 8
Oise 5
Corsica 4
Marne 3
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Aude 2

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

Who carried it

People named Paganini,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Niccolò Paganini
    Niccolò Paganini 1782–1840 · composer
  • Alessandro Paganini 1450–1556 · printer
  • Paganino Paganini 1450–1538 · typographer
  • Ercole Paganini 1770–1825 · composer
  • Pietro Paganini 1772–1839 · physician
  • Giuseppe Paganini 1804–

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

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