The Ravelli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 123 people carried this name — #136,449 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 124 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 318 people named Ravelli 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 Santa Fe.
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 129 people named Ravelli.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Paris.
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
97 people named Ravelli live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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.
In the Nordic population registers
23 people named Ravelli is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Ravelli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luigi Ravelli 1776–1858 · cabinetmaker
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Gabriele Ravelli 1845– · politician
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Alessandro Ravelli 1880–1971 · composer
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Alessandro Ravelli 1880–1971 · composer
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Francesco Ravelli 1885–1985 · photographer
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Francesco Ravelli 1885–1985 · photographer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ravelli.
When the index is not enough
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