The Porcelli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,627 people carried this name — #17,359 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 181,800 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,654 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 332 people named Porcelli 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
89 people named Porcelli live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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
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 68 people named Porcelli.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Gironde.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Porcelli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Tacci Porcelli 1863–1928 · Catholic priest -
Pietro Porcelli 1872–1943 · sculptor -
Antonio Porcelli 1800–1870 · painter
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Alfred Porcelli 1849–1937
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Nicola Porcelli 1911–1942 · soldier
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Tullio Porcelli 1914–1940 · soldier
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Porcelli.
- Popoff 615 · U.S. census
- Popovic 1,274 · U.S. census
- Popp 8,947 · U.S. census
- Poppe 3,333 · U.S. census
- Populus 121 · U.S. census
- Pora 103 · U.S. census
- Porche 2,251 · U.S. census
- Porcher 822 · U.S. census
- Porco 738 · U.S. census
- Pore 771 · U.S. census
- Porebski 154 · U.S. census
- Poree 242 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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