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The Verdi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,316 people carried this name — #13,195 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 126,600 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,116 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Verdi surname

A surname, notably that of Giuseppe Verdi.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Verdi» (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 674 people named Verdi 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 360
Mendoza 112
City of Buenos Aires 107
Córdoba 30
Santa Fe 27
Río Negro 14
Santa Cruz 13
Formosa 11

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 81 people named Verdi.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Corsica.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Corsica 16
Alpes-Maritimes 8
Gard 7
Bouches-du-Rhône 7
Var 7
Rhône 4
Seine-Saint-Denis 3
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

22 people named Verdi live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 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

Ticino 15
Vaud 4
Zurich 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.

In print

Verdi in American newspapers,
1822–1905.

Newspaper page from The New Hampshire Gazette carrying the name Verdi
The New Hampshire Gazette 1822-05-14
Newspaper page from Great Falls Tribune carrying the name Verdi
Great Falls Tribune 1886-09-04
Newspaper page from Vínland carrying the name Verdi
Vínland 1905-12-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 121,728 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Verdi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giuseppe Verdi
    Giuseppe Verdi 1813–1901 · composer
  • Giovanni Maria Verdi 1574–1612 · printer
  • Ciro Virgilio Giovanni de Suzzara Verdi 1834–1887
  • Maria Carrara Verdi 1869–1936
  • Minturn de Suzzara Verdi 1887–1970
  • Alberto Verdi 1888–1962 · politician

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

When the index is not enough

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

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