The Sciacca surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,498 people carried this name — #18,467 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,443 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Sciacca surname
A surname from Sicilian.
Derived from Etymology 1.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sciacca» (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 335 people named Sciacca 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 117 people named Sciacca.
Most of them — 68 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 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
113 people named Sciacca live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 47 people named Sciacca 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 East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
24 people named Sciacca is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Sciacca,
with a public archive behind them.
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Domenico Sciacca Della Scala 1846–1900 · politician -
Michele Federico Sciacca 1908–1975 · university teacher -
Michele Federico Sciacca 1908–1975 · university teacher
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Tommaso Maria Sciacca 1734–1795 · artist
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Giovanni Crisostomo Sciacca 1876–1974 · lawyer
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Giovanni Crisostomo Sciacca 1876–1974 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sciacca.
- Schwindt 1,698 · U.S. census
- Schwing 1,566 · U.S. census
- Schwinn 1,091 · U.S. census
- Schwob 221 · U.S. census
- Schwoebel 206 · U.S. census
- Schwoerer 538 · U.S. census
- Sciandra 733 · U.S. census
- Sciarrino 650 · U.S. census
- Sciascia 581 · U.S. census
- Sciberras 126 · U.S. census
- Scicluna 283 · U.S. census
- Sciortino 2,222 · U.S. census
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