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The Simonelli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,768 people carried this name — #16,305 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 166,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,747 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Simonelli surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Patronymic surname from a hypocoristic form of the personal name Simone.

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,062 people named Simonelli 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 595
City of Buenos Aires 204
Córdoba 97
Santa Fe 67
Corrientes 29
Río Negro 17
Misiones 16
La Pampa 14

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 154 people named Simonelli.

41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 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

Born outside France 41
Bouches-du-Rhône 22
Corsica 22
Rhône 17
Paris 7
Alpes-Maritimes 6
Lot-et-Garonne 5
Aisne 5
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

56 people named Simonelli live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 16
Ticino 13
Graubünden 8
Vaud 7
Bern 6
St. Gallen 6

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.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Simonelli 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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