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The Piacentini surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 579 people carried this name — #38,265 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 12% from 517 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Piacentini surname

From piacentino (“someone from Piacenza”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Piacentini» (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 531 people named Piacentini 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 192
Santa Fe 107
Córdoba 80
City of Buenos Aires 79
Mendoza 43
Misiones 17
Río Negro 13

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 187 people named Piacentini.

52 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Corsica.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 52
Corsica 40
Var 15
Bouches-du-Rhône 11
Paris 9
Gers 7
Gironde 5
Yvelines 4
Morbihan 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

45 people named Piacentini live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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 12
Graubünden 8
Vaud 7
Zurich 7
Geneva 6
Glarus 5

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 Piacentini,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pio Piacentini
    Pio Piacentini 1846–1928 · architect
  • Marcello Piacentini
    Marcello Piacentini 1881–1960 · architect
  • Giovanni Piacentini 1330–1404 · Catholic priest
  • Arcangelo Piacentini 1390–1460 · presbyter
  • Jacopo Piacentini 1672–1762 · physician
  • Dionisio Gregorio Piacentini 1684–1754 · university teacher

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

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