The Silvestrini surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 234 people carried this name — #80,926 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 8% from 217 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Silvestrini surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From a hypocoristic form of the personal name Silvestro.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Silvestrini» (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 345 people named Silvestrini 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 141 people named Silvestrini.
50 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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
43 people named Silvestrini 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
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 Silvestrini,
with a public archive behind them.
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Raffaello Silvestrini 1868–1959 · physician -
Raffaello Silvestrini 1868–1959 · physician
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Marcello Silvestrini 1937– · linguist -
Fanny Silvestrini d. 1824 · governess
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Luigi Silvestrini 1882–1974 · physician
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Luigi Silvestrini 1882–1974 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Silvestrini.
- Silvani 298 · U.S. census
- Silvano 491 · U.S. census
- Silvera 2,082 · U.S. census
- Silvert 121 · U.S. census
- Silvestre 3,550 · U.S. census
- Silvestri 4,638 · U.S. census
- Silvestro 1,147 · U.S. census
- Silvi 211 · U.S. census
- Silvy 111 · U.S. census
- Sima 942 · U.S. census
- Siman 326 · U.S. census
- Simao 583 · U.S. census
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