The Schiavo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,615 people carried this name — #17,455 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 181,800 people counted. That is down 2% from 1,640 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Schiavo surname
Ethnic surname, from schiavo (“Slav”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Schiavo» (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 662 people named Schiavo 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 114 people named Schiavo.
56 of them 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
52 people named Schiavo live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Schiavo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Paolo Schiavo 1397–1478 · painter
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Biagio Schiavo 1675–1750 · teacher
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Domenico Schiavo 1718–1773 · scholar
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Giovanni Schiavo 1903–1967 · missionary
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Giovanni Schiavo 1903–1967 · missionary
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Armando Schiavo 1908–1995 · architect
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schiavo.
- Schettino 631 · U.S. census
- Scheuer 1,374 · U.S. census
- Scheurer 882 · U.S. census
- Scheyer 160 · U.S. census
- Schiano 1,083 · U.S. census
- Schiavi 465 · U.S. census
- Schiavone 3,267 · U.S. census
- Schibler 179 · U.S. census
- Schick 5,967 · U.S. census
- Schickel 514 · U.S. census
- Schickler 353 · U.S. census
- Schieb 125 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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