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The Tedeschi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,321 people carried this name — #13,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 126,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,262 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Tedeschi surname

From tedesco (“German”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Tedeschi» (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 712 people named Tedeschi 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 443
City of Buenos Aires 108
Santa Fe 88
Córdoba 33
Tucumán 27
Chubut 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 413 people named Tedeschi.

129 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 129
Rhône 59
Paris 34
Bouches-du-Rhône 25
Corsica 25
Var 20
Meurthe-et-Moselle 15
Seine-et-Marne 14
Moselle 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

214 people named Tedeschi live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 53
Ticino 38
Zurich 35
Valais 24
Geneva 17
Bern 13
Basel-Stadt 10
St. Gallen 8

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

Tedeschi in American newspapers,
1920–1921.

Newspaper page from The Diamond Drill carrying the name Tedeschi
The Diamond Drill 1920-07-24
Newspaper page from The Diamond Drill carrying the name Tedeschi
The Diamond Drill 1921-06-25
Newspaper page from The Diamond Drill carrying the name Tedeschi
The Diamond Drill 1921-09-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,668 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Tedeschi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Panormitanus
    Panormitanus 1386–1445 · jurist
  • Giovanni Tedeschi d. 1780 · singer
  • Tommaso Radini Tedeschi 1488–1527 · poet
  • Bartolomeo Tedeschi 1572–1609 · missionary
  • Nicola Maria Tedeschi 1670–1741 · archbishop
  • Giuseppe Maria Tedeschi 1752–1825 · Catholic priest

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

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Surnames next to Tedeschi.

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