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The Reali surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 610 people carried this name — #36,630 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 9% from 671 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Reali surname

Patronymic or plural form of Reale.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Reali» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 150 people named Reali 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 59
City of Buenos Aires 36
Santa Fe 17
Entre Ríos 14
Córdoba 12
Río Negro 12

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 126 people named Reali.

37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Gard.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 37
Gard 19
Bouches-du-Rhône 17
Paris 10
Meurthe-et-Moselle 9
Oise 5
Vosges 4
Doubs 4
Nord 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

85 people named Reali live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 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 64
Zurich 18
Fribourg 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 Reali,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antenore Reali
    Antenore Reali 1897–1960 · singer
  • Giovanni Reali 1681–1751 · composer
  • Ignazio Reali 1695–1767 · Catholic priest
  • Giovanni Reali 1774–1864 · lawyer
  • Giovanni Reali 1774–1846 · lawyer
  • Giuseppe Reali 1790–1850 · architect

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Reali is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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