The Traversa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 202 people carried this name — #91,221 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is down 13% from 233 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 497 people named Traversa 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 152 people named Traversa.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Var.
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
59 people named Traversa live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Traversa.
- Traub 2,638 · U.S. census
- Trautmann 734 · U.S. census
- Travaglini 484 · U.S. census
- Travaille 114 · U.S. census
- Traver 3,774 · U.S. census
- Travers 7,833 · U.S. census
- Traverse 560 · U.S. census
- Traverso 1,216 · U.S. census
- Traves 128 · U.S. census
- Trebes 123 · U.S. census
- Treger 209 · U.S. census
- Treglia 517 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Traversa is.
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