The Schifano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 847 people carried this name — #28,241 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is up 22% from 696 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 160 people named Schifano 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 104 people named Schifano.
Most of them — 78 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 46 people named Schifano 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Schifano live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 Schifano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mario Schifano 1934–1998 · artist
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Mario Schifano 1934–1998 · artist
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Laurence Schifano 1947– · editor
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Claudio Schifano 1953– · painter
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schifano.
- Schied 305 · U.S. census
- Schiel 625 · U.S. census
- Schiele 1,106 · U.S. census
- Schier 1,033 · U.S. census
- Schierer 222 · U.S. census
- Schiess 728 · U.S. census
- Schiff 3,993 · U.S. census
- Schiffer 2,173 · U.S. census
- Schiffmacher 150 · U.S. census
- Schild 1,686 · U.S. census
- Schilder 302 · U.S. census
- Schildknecht 367 · U.S. census
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