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The Proto surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,252 people carried this name — #21,009 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,190 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 367 people named Proto 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 202
City of Buenos Aires 70
Córdoba 31
Neuquén 19
Santa Fe 19
Tucumán 16
Mendoza 10

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 121 people named Proto.

21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 21
Bouches-du-Rhône 50
Guadeloupe 26
Hauts-de-Seine 6
Seine-Maritime 3
Paris 3
Alpes-Maritimes 2
Var 2
Martinique 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

35 people named Proto 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 10
Basel-Landschaft 7
Basel-Stadt 6
Aargau 5
Vaud 4
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 Proto,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francesco Proto 1821–1892 · writer
  • Enrico Proto 1866–1943 · merchant
  • Andrea Proto Pisani 1939– · jurist
  • Andrea Proto Pisani 1939– · jurist
  • Frank Proto 1941– · composer
  • Araceli N. Proto 1944–

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

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