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The Paolino surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,217 people carried this name — #21,470 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is up 9% from 1,115 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Paolino surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

From Paolo + -ino.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Paolino» (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 328 people named Paolino 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 164
City of Buenos Aires 80
Santa Fe 33
Córdoba 31
Chaco 20

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 85 people named Paolino.

32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 32
Alpes-Maritimes 23
Var 11
Hérault 9
Bouches-du-Rhône 8
Saône-et-Loire 1
Paris 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

65 people named Paolino live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 30
Vaud 12
Schwyz 9
Lucerne 7
Valais 4
Aargau 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.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Paolino is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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