The Tolentino surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,371 people carried this name — #3,180 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,000 people counted. That is up 48% from 7,679 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Tolentino surname
From Spanish Tolentino and Portuguese Tolentino, after St. Nicholas of Tolentino (San Nicolás de Tolentino), from Tolentino in Italy.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Tolentino» (English), 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 324 people named Tolentino 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
24 people named Tolentino live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 the Nordic population registers
29 people named Tolentino 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
Tolentino in American newspapers,
1915–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 909 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Tolentino in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1980s.
221 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tolentino. The most, 128, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.6 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tolentino.
Who carried it
People named Tolentino,
with a public archive behind them.
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Aurelio Tolentino 1869–1915 · playwright -
Guillermo Tolentino 1890–1976 · sculptor -
Arturo M. Tolentino 1910–2004 · politician -
Arturo Tolentino 1888–1954 · musician
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Riccardo Tolentino 1899–1999 · actor
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Mariano Tolentino 1928–1998 · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Tolentino,
in the records of 3 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States319 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 194
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 60
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 32
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 16
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 13
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Gavin A. TolentinoBorn 1910. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; waiter from San Francisco County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at San Francisco National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Rosalia TolentinoArrived at New York in 1898 aboard the Patria from Naples, aged 26; servant. From Colosimi, Cosenza, Italy; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Clarence TolentinoBorn 1932; from San Luis Rey, California. U.S. Marine Corps, infantry unit leader; died of wounds 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
Showing 3 of 319 records for Tolentino in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).
France6 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record William Gonzales TolentinoBorn 1948 in Mexico Pampanga (Philippines); died 1990 in Les Lilas (Seine-Saint-Denis).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Valentine TolentinoBorn 1895 in Libourne (Gironde); died 1981 in Tonneins (Lot-et-Garonne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Robert TolentinoBorn 1937 in Libourne; died 1980 in Langon (Gironde).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 6 records for Tolentino in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Canada1 record
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Simeon TolentinoDied 1998, aged 75; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tolentino.
- Tokarz 1,392 · U.S. census
- Tola 553 · U.S. census
- Toland 4,952 · U.S. census
- Tolbert 24,375 · U.S. census
- Toledano 1,036 · U.S. census
- Toledo 19,474 · U.S. census
- Toler 9,427 · U.S. census
- Toliver 7,536 · U.S. census
- Tolla 162 · U.S. census
- Tollard 122 · U.S. census
- Tolle 3,564 · U.S. census
- Tollefson 3,967 · U.S. census
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