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The Ventre surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 828 people carried this name — #28,746 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is down 6% from 879 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Ventre surname

From ventre (“belly”), a nickname for someone with a prominent belly.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ventre» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 608 people named Ventre.

35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Var.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 35
Var 213
Bouches-du-Rhône 153
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 77
Paris 47
Gironde 8
Alpes-Maritimes 8
Rhône 6
Ariège 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 552 people named Ventre 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 361
City of Buenos Aires 71
Córdoba 70
Chaco 25
Chubut 14
Misiones 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

88 people named Ventre live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 31
Bern 15
Vaud 13
Ticino 12
Aargau 9
St. Gallen 5
Geneva 3

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 Ventre,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mariele Ventre
    Mariele Ventre 1939–1995 · conductor
  • Mariele Ventre
    Mariele Ventre 1939–1995 · conductor
  • Jules Ventre 1880–1939
  • Anne-Marie Ventre 1920–2016 · radio personality
  • Antonio Ventre 1931–2022 · politician
  • Philippe Ventre 1934– · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Ventre.

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