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The Vinciguerra surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,111 people carried this name — #23,002 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,119 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Vinciguerra surname

Verb-object compound, composed of vinci (“win”) + guerra (“war”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vinciguerra» (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 560 people named Vinciguerra.

65 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 65
Corsica 307
Bouches-du-Rhône 44
Var 41
Paris 37
Alpes-Maritimes 15
Isère 7
Essonne 5
Nord 4

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 457 people named Vinciguerra 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 169
Santa Fe 148
City of Buenos Aires 61
Córdoba 30
Tucumán 21
Chaco 18
Jujuy 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

90 people named Vinciguerra live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.

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

Where they live today

Lucerne 13
Neuchâtel 13
Vaud 12
Bern 9
Ticino 9
Geneva 8
Aargau 7
St. Gallen 7

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 Vinciguerra,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mario Vinciguerra
    Mario Vinciguerra 1887–1972 · historian
  • Mario Vinciguerra
    Mario Vinciguerra 1887–1972 · historian
  • Antonio Vinciguerra 1439–1502 · politician
  • Antonio Vinciguerra 1440–1502 · politician
  • Antonio Vinciguerra 1446–1502 · politician
  • Decio Vinciguerra 1856–1934 · zoologist

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

When the index is not enough

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

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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