The Quaglia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 623 people carried this name — #35,993 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 2% from 636 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Quaglia surname
A surname transferred from the nickname.
A nickname from quaglia (“quail”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary — entry «Quaglia» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,872 people named Quaglia 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 203 people named Quaglia.
58 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
108 people named Quaglia live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Quaglia.
- Py 204 · U.S. census
- Pyron 1,672 · U.S. census
- Pytel 676 · U.S. census
- Quach 9,894 · U.S. census
- Quadri 1,084 · U.S. census
- Quadrini 164 · U.S. census
- Quaglieri 167 · U.S. census
- Quaglino 122 · U.S. census
- Quaglio 101 · U.S. census
- Quaile 235 · U.S. census
- Quain 494 · U.S. census
- Quang 982 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Quaglia is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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