The Rinaldi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,756 people carried this name — #4,573 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,526 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Rinaldi surname
A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from Rinaldo and cognate to English Reynolds.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rinaldi» (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 5,693 people named Rinaldi 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 996 people named Rinaldi.
311 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 67 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
674 people named Rinaldi live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 178 people named Rinaldi live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
24 people named Rinaldi 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).
In print
Rinaldi in American newspapers,
1925–1945.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,364 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rinaldi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio Rinaldi 1710–1794 · architect -
Tommaso Rinaldi 1814–1877 · goldsmith -
Antonio Rinaldi 1816–1875 · painter -
Giovanni Rinaldi 1840–1895 · composer -
Philipp Rinaldi 1856–1931 · Latin Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 237 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rinaldi.
- Rigoulot 127 · U.S. census
- Rihn 488 · U.S. census
- Rima 558 · U.S. census
- Rimbert 159 · U.S. census
- Rime 149 · U.S. census
- Rimlinger 124 · U.S. census
- Rinaldo 1,052 · U.S. census
- Rinaudo 380 · U.S. census
- Rinck 733 · U.S. census
- Rincon 16,455 · U.S. census
- Rinderknecht 437 · U.S. census
- Ring 16,381 · U.S. census
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