The Persico surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,263 people carried this name — #20,871 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,249 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,110 people named Persico 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 320 people named Persico.
100 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Ain.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
72 people named Persico live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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.
Who carried it
People named Persico,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luigi Persico 1791–1860 · painter -
Ignatius Persico 1823–1895 · Catholic priest -
Francesco Persico 1555–1615 · Catholic priest
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Panfilo Persico 1571–1625 · secretary
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Matteo Eudocio Persico (1696-1766) 1696–1766
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Paolo Persico 1729–1796 · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Persico.
- Perrot 378 · U.S. census
- Perrotta 3,713 · U.S. census
- Perrotte 257 · U.S. census
- Perry 221,741 · U.S. census
- Pers 126 · U.S. census
- Perse 176 · U.S. census
- Persin 240 · U.S. census
- Person 67,411 · U.S. census
- Persyn 338 · U.S. census
- Peru 818 · U.S. census
- Perucca 171 · U.S. census
- Peruch 135 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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