The Sanfilippo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,173 people carried this name — #7,929 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,180).
What the name means
The meaning of the Sanfilippo surname
Habitational surname, from any of various places called San Filippo.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sanfilippo» (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 949 people named Sanfilippo 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 232 people named Sanfilippo.
Most of them — 152 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 192 people named Sanfilippo 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
161 people named Sanfilippo live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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 print
Sanfilippo in American newspapers,
1903–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 154 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sanfilippo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pietro Sanfilippo 1811–1879 · Catholic priest
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Pietro Sanfilippo 1811–1879 · Catholic priest
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Giacomo Sanfilippo 1840–1916 · lawyer
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Domenico Sanfilippo 1891–1976 · publisher
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Domenico Sanfilippo 1891–1976 · publisher
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Salvatore Sanfilippo 1907–1972 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sanfilippo.
- Sandras 118 · U.S. census
- Sandre 159 · U.S. census
- Sandres 222 · U.S. census
- Sandri 338 · U.S. census
- Sandt 898 · U.S. census
- Sane 1,061 · U.S. census
- Sanfratello 364 · U.S. census
- Sangalli 214 · U.S. census
- Sangare 401 · U.S. census
- Sangiovanni 428 · U.S. census
- Sango 227 · U.S. census
- Sanguinetti 788 · U.S. census
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