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The Savino surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,899 people carried this name — #6,866 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,200 people counted. That is up 8% from 4,547 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Savino surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Variant of Sabino.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Savino» (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 1,584 people named Savino 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 662
Santa Fe 328
Córdoba 179
City of Buenos Aires 169
Tucumán 72
Entre Ríos 66
Mendoza 27
Formosa 19

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 152 people named Savino.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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

Born outside France 34
Bouches-du-Rhône 87
Seine-et-Marne 6
Paris 5
Alpes-Maritimes 4
Bas-Rhin 3
Rhône 2
Gironde 2
Var 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

123 people named Savino live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 30
Geneva 16
Zurich 15
Valais 13
Bern 11
Ticino 10
Thurgau 10
St. Gallen 7

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

Savino in American newspapers,
1915–1918.

Newspaper page from Newark Evening Star And Newark Advertiser carrying the name Savino
Newark Evening Star And Newark Advertiser 1915-02-17
Newspaper page from The Patriot carrying the name Savino
The Patriot 1918-05-04
Newspaper page from The Patriot carrying the name Savino
The Patriot 1915-01-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,292 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Savino,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emilio Savino
    Emilio Savino 1899–1978 · association football player
  • Domenico Savino 1882–1973 · composer
  • Domenico Savino 1882–1973 · composer
  • Ezio Savino 1892–1960 · italianist
  • Ezio Savino 1892–1960 · italianist
  • Paolo Savino 1894–1980 · Catholic priest

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Savino 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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