The Presti surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,099 people carried this name — #23,205 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is down 4% from 1,139 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 697 people named Presti 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 146 people named Presti live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 101 people named Presti.
Most of them — 77 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Lot-et-Garonne.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
72 people named Presti live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 Presti,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bonaventura Presti d. 1685 · architect
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Peter Presti 1915–2008 · magician
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Ida Presti 1924–1967 · composer
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Ida Presti 1924–1967 · composer
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Domenico Presti 1932– · politician
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Antonio Presti 1957– · art collector
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Presti.
- Preseau 122 · U.S. census
- Present 269 · U.S. census
- Presson 2,271 · U.S. census
- Prest 965 · U.S. census
- Presta 579 · U.S. census
- Prestel 195 · U.S. census
- Prete 1,024 · U.S. census
- Preti 173 · U.S. census
- Preto 242 · U.S. census
- Pretto 368 · U.S. census
- Preudhomme 195 · U.S. census
- Preuss 2,492 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Presti is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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