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The Sibilia surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 625 people carried this name — #35,912 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 14% from 548 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Sibilia surname

A surname originating as a matronymic.

From a variant of the female personal name Sibilla.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary — entry «Sibilia» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 194 people named Sibilia 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 111
City of Buenos Aires 35
Córdoba 31
Santa Fe 17

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

120 people named Sibilia live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

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

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 27
Graubünden 21
Zurich 18
Ticino 17
Aargau 12
Lucerne 9
Solothurn 8
Neuchâtel 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 81 people named Sibilia.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Moselle 23
Meurthe-et-Moselle 13
Rhône 10
Yvelines 9
Essonne 8
Paris 2
Loire 1
Puy-de-Dôme 1

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Sibilia 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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