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The Romagnoli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 614 people carried this name — #36,426 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 9% from 565 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Romagnoli surname

From romagnolo (“someone from Romagna”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Romagnoli» (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 2,899 people named Romagnoli 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 1,017
Santa Fe 849
Córdoba 472
City of Buenos Aires 178
Mendoza 135
Tucumán 52
Entre Ríos 35
San Luis 35

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 156 people named Romagnoli.

45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 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

Born outside France 45
Alpes-Maritimes 16
Bouches-du-Rhône 11
Moselle 9
Corsica 8
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Paris 7
Somme 6
Lot-et-Garonne 6

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

129 people named Romagnoli live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 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 35
Geneva 25
Zurich 18
Basel-Stadt 9
Vaud 7
Neuchâtel 7
Fribourg 7
Basel-Landschaft 6

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 31 people named Romagnoli 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 Limburg.

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

Where they live today

Limburg 25
Hainaut 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Romagnoli,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Orintia Romagnoli Sacrati 1762–1834 · writer
  • Deifebo Romagnoli 1765–1813 · composer
  • Ettore Romagnoli 1772–1838 · composer
  • Francesco Romagnoli 1785–1839 · jurist
  • Gaetano Romagnoli 1812–1884 · bookseller
  • Michele Romagnoli 1830– · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Romagnoli 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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