The Violante surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,210 people carried this name — #21,568 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is up 19% from 1,015 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 665 people named Violante 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 75 people named Violante.
Most of them — 47 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Loire.
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
74 people named Violante live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
Who carried it
People named Violante,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alfredo Violante 1888–1945 · journalist
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Italo Violante 1916– · painter
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Cinzio Violante 1921–2001 · church historian
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Cinzio Violante 1921–2001 · church historian
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Luciano Violante 1941– · judge
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Roger Violante 1944– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Violante.
- Vinette 198 · U.S. census
- Viney 904 · U.S. census
- Vinson 25,341 · U.S. census
- Vinzant 1,065 · U.S. census
- Viol 122 · U.S. census
- Viola 6,616 · U.S. census
- Violet 790 · U.S. census
- Violette 3,411 · U.S. census
- Violi 265 · U.S. census
- Vire 306 · U.S. census
- Virgile 342 · U.S. census
- Virgili 278 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Violante is.
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