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The Romagnolo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 144 people carried this name — #120,187 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 23% from 117 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Romagnolo surname

A surname originating as an ethnonym.

From romagnolo (“Romagnol”), an ethnic surname.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Romagnolo» (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 90 people named Romagnolo 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 Córdoba.

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

Where they live today

Córdoba 44
Buenos Aires Province 24
Santa Fe 12
City of Buenos Aires 10

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 68 people named Romagnolo.

21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Var.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 21
Var 16
Alpes-Maritimes 13
Bouches-du-Rhône 10
Isère 2
Seine-Saint-Denis 2
Drôme 1
Moselle 1
Vaucluse 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

56 people named Romagnolo live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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 15
Zurich 11
St. Gallen 8
Aargau 7
Thurgau 7
Bern 5
Vaud 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 Romagnolo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Piero Romagnolo 1914– · association football player
  • Raffaella Romagnolo 1971– · writer
  • Elena Romagnolo 1982– · athletics competitor

Wikidata (CC0).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Romagnolo 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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