The Trento surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 342 people carried this name — #59,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 323 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Trento surname
A surname from Italian.
Borrowed from Italian Trento.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Trento» (Portuguese), 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 259 people named Trento 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 Santa Fe.
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 71 people named Trento.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Savoie.
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 30 people named Trento 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Trento live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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.
In print
Trento in American newspapers,
1901–1951.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,659 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Trento,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ottavio Trento 1729–1812 · politician -
Girolamo Trento 1713–1784 · Catholic priest
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Giulio Trento 1732–1813 · printer
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Vittorio Trento 1761–1833 · composer
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Guido Trento 1892–1957 · actor
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Angelo Trento 1942– · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 15 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Trento.
- Trembley 1,134 · U.S. census
- Tremel 373 · U.S. census
- Tremont 376 · U.S. census
- Trenchard 427 · U.S. census
- Trendel 198 · U.S. census
- Trentini 241 · U.S. census
- Tresch 394 · U.S. census
- Tressel 415 · U.S. census
- Trevis 188 · U.S. census
- Trevisan 414 · U.S. census
- Trey 199 · U.S. census
- Trial 278 · U.S. census
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