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The Virgilio surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,292 people carried this name — #20,529 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,246 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Virgilio surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Inherited from Latin Virgilius.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Virgilio» (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 885 people named Virgilio 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 519
Santa Fe 182
City of Buenos Aires 67
Entre Ríos 52
Mendoza 26
Corrientes 17
Córdoba 11
Chubut 11

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

112 people named Virgilio live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 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

Zurich 24
Ticino 19
Vaud 15
Bern 9
Fribourg 9
Aargau 8
Neuchâtel 7
Graubünden 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.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 81 people named Virgilio.

31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 31
Rhône 12
Bouches-du-Rhône 11
Gard 7
Vaucluse 6
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Ille-et-Vilaine 2
Paris 2
Corsica 2

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Virgilio 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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