The Tancredi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,148 people carried this name — #22,421 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,125 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 697 people named Tancredi 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
135 people named Tancredi live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 70 people named Tancredi.
Most of them — 43 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Var.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 56 people named Tancredi 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Tancredi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Filippo Tancredi 1655–1722 · painter -
Italo Tancredi d. 1988 · actor
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Giovanni Tancredi d. 1568 · theologian
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Angelo Tancredi 1190–1258 · knight
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Romualdo Tancredi 1637–1694 · Catholic priest
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Michelangelo Tancredi 1822–1914 · journalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tancredi.
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