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.
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 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 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
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
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.
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.
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Giuseppe Verdi 1813–1901 · composer -
Giovanni Maria Verdi 1574–1612 · printer
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Ciro Virgilio Giovanni de Suzzara Verdi 1834–1887
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Maria Carrara Verdi 1869–1936
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Minturn de Suzzara Verdi 1887–1970
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Alberto Verdi 1888–1962 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Verdi.
- Vercher 1,287 · U.S. census
- Vercruysse 298 · U.S. census
- Verd 101 · U.S. census
- Verde 2,387 · U.S. census
- Verdel 124 · U.S. census
- Verdes 131 · U.S. census
- Verdier 609 · U.S. census
- Verdin 5,515 · U.S. census
- Verdino 324 · U.S. census
- Verdon 902 · U.S. census
- Verdoni 120 · U.S. census
- Verdu 141 · U.S. census
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