Serafini surname: meaning, census count and records | FamilyCrests

The Serafini surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,491 people carried this name — #18,511 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,409 in 2000.

See Serafini on the map Look up another surname

Share

What the name means

The meaning of the Serafini surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the male given name Serafino.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Serafini» (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 2,463 people named Serafini 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 1,024
Santa Fe 442
Córdoba 378
City of Buenos Aires 251
Chaco 120
Río Negro 62
Mendoza 36
San Juan 24

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 328 people named Serafini.

112 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Vaucluse.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 112
Vaucluse 25
Alpes-Maritimes 19
Paris 19
Bouches-du-Rhône 19
Var 18
Isère 14
Rhône 13
Ain 9

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

205 people named Serafini live in Switzerland.

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

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Aargau 39
Zurich 38
Ticino 32
Geneva 25
Vaud 25
Thurgau 17
Basel-Landschaft 13
Lucerne 6

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 22 people named Serafini 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 Liège.

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

Where they live today

Liège 22

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Serafini,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giovanni Serafini
    Giovanni Serafini 1786–1855 · Catholic priest
  • Pietro Serafini d. 1899 · politician
  • Michelangelo Serafini d. 1555 · poet
  • Serafino Serafini 1573–1659 · historian
  • Giovanni Serafini 1600–
  • Lorenzo Serafini 1773–1846 · Catholic priest

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Serafini.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Serafini 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.

See what a volume holds
Scroll to Top