The Sinopoli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 827 people carried this name — #28,777 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 811 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sinopoli surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sinopoli» (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 383 people named Sinopoli 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
72 people named Sinopoli live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Sinopoli.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Hérault.
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.
Who carried it
People named Sinopoli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cesare Sinopoli 1861–1935
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Giovanni Pietro Sinopoli di Giunta 1871–1940 · Catholic priest
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Giuseppe Sinopoli 1946–2001 · composer
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Giuseppe Sinopoli 1947–
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Carla M. Sinopoli 1956– · exhibition curator
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Concetta F. Sinopoli 1958– · physician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sinopoli.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Sinopoli is.
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