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The Tarquini surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 173 people carried this name — #103,655 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 3% from 178 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Tarquini surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Patronymic surname from the personal name Tarquinio.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Tarquini» (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 560 people named Tarquini 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 158
Mendoza 138
Santa Fe 88
Córdoba 62
La Pampa 37
City of Buenos Aires 31
Neuquén 21
Entre Ríos 13

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 51 people named Tarquini.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 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

Born outside France 14
Bouches-du-Rhône 13
Corsica 9
Paris 7
Var 4
Seine-Saint-Denis 2
Loire 1
Seine-Maritime 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

26 people named Tarquini 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

Ticino 7
Bern 5
Zurich 5
Graubünden 3
Solothurn 3
Vaud 3

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 print

Tarquini in American newspapers,
1912–1914.

Newspaper page from The Patriot carrying the name Tarquini
The Patriot 1914-11-21
Newspaper page from The Evening World carrying the name Tarquini
The Evening World 1913-02-12
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Tarquini
The San Francisco Call 1912-10-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 163 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Tarquini,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Vittoria Tarquini 1670–1746 · opera singer
  • Camillo Tarquini 1810–1874 · Catholic priest
  • Tarcisio Tarquini 1952– · journalist
  • Gabriele Tarquini 1962– · racing automobile driver
  • Alessandra Tarquini 1970– · historian
  • Giulia Tarquini 1989– · dub actor

Wikidata (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Tarquini.

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