The Tarantino surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,158 people carried this name — #7,956 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,961 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 650 people named Tarantino 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
287 people named Tarantino live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 104 people named Tarantino.
Most of them — 68 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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
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 Tarantino is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
In print
Tarantino in American newspapers,
1880–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,069 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tarantino,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio Tarantino 1938–2020 · playwright -
Tony Tarantino 1940–2023 · actor -
Tonette Walker 1955– -
Quentin Tarantino 1963– · screenwriter -
Antonio Tarantino 1964– · guitarist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 69 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tarantino.
- Tap 197 · U.S. census
- Tapia 52,651 · U.S. census
- Tapie 107 · U.S. census
- Tarallo 630 · U.S. census
- Taran 470 · U.S. census
- Tarantini 105 · U.S. census
- Taranto 2,025 · U.S. census
- Tarantola 344 · U.S. census
- Tarasco 103 · U.S. census
- Taravella 526 · U.S. census
- Tarby 310 · U.S. census
- Tard 131 · U.S. census
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