The Tedesco surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,114 people carried this name — #5,245 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,100 people counted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
376 people named Tedesco live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 363 people named Tedesco.
Most of them — 233 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Paris.
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 91 people named Tedesco 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.
In print
Tedesco in American newspapers,
1895–1950.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,899 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tedesco,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ignaz Amadeus Tedesco 1815–1882 · composer -
Victor Tedesco 1821–1897 · lawyer -
Fortunata Tedesco 1826–1904 · opera singer -
Michele Tedesco 1834–1917 · painter -
Francesco Tedesco 1853–1921 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 85 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tedesco.
- Tchang 128 · U.S. census
- Tchen 126 · U.S. census
- Te 850 · U.S. census
- Tea 983 · U.S. census
- Tedaldi 150 · U.S. census
- Tedeschi 2,262 · U.S. census
- Teixeira 7,303 · U.S. census
- Tejedor 152 · U.S. census
- Tejero 281 · U.S. census
- Tekin 192 · U.S. census
- Telemaque 259 · U.S. census
- Tell 1,662 · U.S. census
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