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The Venuti surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,187 people carried this name — #21,878 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is up 24% from 959 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Venuti surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Patronymic or plural form of Venuto.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Venuti» (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 98 people named Venuti.

42 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 42
Meurthe-et-Moselle 9
Nord 5
Essonne 5
Rhône 5
Bouches-du-Rhône 5
Ardennes 4
Yvelines 4
Drôme 3

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 70 people named Venuti 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 44
City of Buenos Aires 14
Córdoba 12

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

68 people named Venuti live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.

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

Where they live today

Neuchâtel 14
Thurgau 11
Vaud 10
Ticino 8
Bern 7
Zurich 7
Geneva 4
Zug 4

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 Venuti,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Filippo Venuti
    Filippo Venuti 1531–1587 · translator
  • Ridolfino Venuti
    Ridolfino Venuti 1705–1763 · historian
  • Marcello Venuti 1700–1755 · archaeologist
  • Filippo Venuti 1706–1769 · naturalist
  • Filippo Venuti 1706–1768 · naturalist
  • Filippo Venuti 1709–1769 · naturalist

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Venuti is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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