The Verde surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,387 people carried this name — #12,886 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 123,500 people counted. That is up 34% from 1,784 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Verde surname
From verde (“green”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Verde» (Italian), 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 1,400 people named Verde 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 144 people named Verde.
45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.
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
72 people named Verde live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 51 people named Verde 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 the Nordic population registers
26 people named Verde is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Verde in American newspapers,
1898–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 208,566 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Verde,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cesário Verde 1855–1886 · writer -
Mary-Ann Tollin-Verde 1903–1993 · painter -
Dino Verde 1922–2004 · screenwriter -
Josep Verde i Aldea 1928–2017 · lawyer -
Toni Verde 1954– · musician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 56 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Verde.
- Vercauteren 224 · U.S. census
- Vercelli 243 · U.S. census
- Vercellino 200 · U.S. census
- Vercher 1,287 · U.S. census
- Vercruysse 298 · U.S. census
- Verd 101 · U.S. census
- Verdel 124 · U.S. census
- Verdes 131 · U.S. census
- Verdi 2,316 · U.S. census
- Verdier 609 · U.S. census
- Verdin 5,515 · U.S. census
- Verdino 324 · U.S. census
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