The Tonini surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 419 people carried this name — #49,999 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 413 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 722 people named Tonini 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 170 people named Tonini.
69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Corsica.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
156 people named Tonini live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 print
Tonini in American newspapers,
1905–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,812 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tonini,
with a public archive behind them.
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Carlo Tonini 1850– · racing driver -
Giovanni Battista Tonini 1882–1916 · military personnel -
Ersilio Tonini 1914–2013 · Catholic priest -
Antonio Tonini 1925– · conductor
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Giorgio Tonini 1959– · politician -
Bernardino Tonini 1668–1727 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 47 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tonini.
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