Spinelli surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Spinelli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,332 people carried this name — #6,384 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,233 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 4,997 people named Spinelli 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 2,925
City of Buenos Aires 751
Santa Fe 434
Entre Ríos 250
Mendoza 210
Córdoba 96
Chubut 70
Tucumán 51

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 555 people named Spinelli.

144 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 144
Bouches-du-Rhône 102
Alpes-Maritimes 71
Paris 49
Yvelines 21
Doubs 12
Aveyron 12
Var 12
Isère 11

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

367 people named Spinelli live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 164
Zurich 30
Vaud 26
Geneva 23
Bern 21
Aargau 20
Fribourg 19
Basel-Stadt 15

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 65 people named Spinelli 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

Hainaut 46
Antwerp 7
Liège 7
Brussels-Capital 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Spinelli in American newspapers,
1904–1923.

Newspaper page from Water Valley Progress carrying the name Spinelli
Water Valley Progress 1904-07-16
Newspaper page from Palisadian carrying the name Spinelli
Palisadian 1923-12-14
Newspaper page from The Barre Daily Times carrying the name Spinelli
The Barre Daily Times 1919-09-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,244 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Spinelli,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Spinello Aretino
    Spinello Aretino 1350–1410 · painter
  • Luca di Spinello d. 1350 · goldsmith
  • Giovanni Spinelli d. 1522 · diplomat
  • Michele Spinelli d. 1824 · Catholic priest
  • Giovanni Spinelli d. 1647 · painter
  • Niccolò Spinelli 1315–1406 · politician

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

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Surnames next to Spinelli.

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