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The Patriarca surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 513 people carried this name — #42,308 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 9% from 469 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Patriarca surname

A surname originating as an occupation.

From patriarca (“patriarch”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Patriarca» (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 399 people named Patriarca 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 173
Entre Ríos 94
Córdoba 40
Santa Fe 33
Chubut 30
City of Buenos Aires 29

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 133 people named Patriarca.

64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Loire.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 64
Loire 20
Rhône 17
Alpes-Maritimes 7
Paris 5
Haute-Garonne 4
Gironde 3
Puy-de-Dôme 3
Var 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

66 people named Patriarca 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

Ticino 26
Bern 11
Aargau 10
Vaud 6
Schwyz 5
Valais 5
Zurich 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 Patriarca,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emilio Patriarca 1889–1969 · librarian
  • Emilio Patriarca 1889–1969 · librarian
  • Giorgina Patriarca 1907–1999
  • Gabriele Patriarca 1916–1988 · painter
  • Pierre Patriarca 1924–2008 · Catholic priest
  • Francesco Patriarca 1932–2007 · politician

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Patriarca.

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