The Raffaelli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 365 people carried this name — #56,073 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is down 5% from 385 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 590 people named Raffaelli 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 447 people named Raffaelli.
49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Corsica.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
20 people named Raffaelli live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 Raffaelli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ferdinando Raffaelli 1899–1981 · pioneer -
Ferdinando Raffaelli 1899–1981 · pioneer
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Francesco Maria Raffaelli 1715–1789 · historian
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Giuseppe Raffaelli 1750–1826 · lawyer
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Giacomo Raffaelli 1753–1836 · mosaicist
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Vincenzo Raffaelli 1783–1865 · mosaicist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Raffaelli.
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