The Toscani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 156 people carried this name — #112,568 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 20% from 196 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Toscani surname
Borrowed from Italian Toscani, from toscano (“Tuscan”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Toscani» (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 336 people named Toscani 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 74 people named Toscani.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
33 people named Toscani live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
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.
Who carried it
People named Toscani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Francesco Toscani 1370–1430 · painter -
Giovanni Francesco Toscani 1372–1430 · painter
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Elisabeth Toscani 1761– · actor -
Giovanni Alvise Toscani 1450–1478 · poet
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Cajetan Toscani 1742–1815 · painter
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Franziska Toscani 1743–1755 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Toscani.
When the index is not enough
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