The Sicilia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 903 people carried this name — #26,887 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 13% from 797 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 360 people named Sicilia 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 87 people named Sicilia.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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
50 people named Sicilia live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 30 people named Sicilia 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.
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.
Who carried it
People named Sicilia,
with a public archive behind them.
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Angelo Sicilia 1920– · marionnetteist
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Francesco Sicilia 1939– · senior civil servant
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Francesco Sicilia 1939– · senior civil servant
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Claudio Sicilia 1948–1991
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José María Sicilia 1954– · illustrator
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Javier Sicilia 1956– · screenwriter
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sicilia.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Sicilia is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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