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The Siri surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 909 people carried this name — #26,772 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 24% from 731 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Siri surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Patronymic surname from the personal name Siro.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Siri» (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 2,624 people named Siri 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 1,444
Santa Fe 261
City of Buenos Aires 218
Entre Ríos 213
Mendoza 149
Córdoba 75
Chubut 52
Neuquén 49

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 465 people named Siri.

119 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Var.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 119
Var 76
Alpes-Maritimes 68
Bouches-du-Rhône 51
Marne 34
Haute-Marne 16
Meuse 15
Côte-d’Or 14
Jura 12

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

In the Nordic population registers

24 people named Siri is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 24

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Siri,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emilio Siri
    Emilio Siri 1882–1976 · politician
  • Obdulio F. Siri
    Obdulio F. Siri 1889–1984 · politician
  • Giuseppe Siri
    Giuseppe Siri 1906–1989 · Catholic priest
  • Giuseppe Siri
    Giuseppe Siri 1906–1989 · Catholic priest
  • William Siri
    William Siri 1919–2004 · environmentalist
  • Luigi Siri d. 1870 · composer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Siri 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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