Vitale surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Vitale surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 12,826 people carried this name — #2,593 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,100 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

577 people named Vitale live in Switzerland.

They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 100
Ticino 100
Aargau 58
Vaud 53
Basel-Stadt 34
Bern 33
Geneva 31
Basel-Landschaft 25

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 430 people named Vitale.

Most of them — 284 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Bouches-du-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 284
Bouches-du-Rhône 31
Paris 21
Alpes-Maritimes 17
Isère 17
Seine-Saint-Denis 9
Rhône 8
Yvelines 7
Savoie 5

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 219 people named Vitale live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 148
Liège 39
Brussels-Capital 22
Flemish Brabant 5
East Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

25 people named Vitale have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 56 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.

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

Where they live today

Masovian 7
Lublin 5
West Pomeranian 3
Lower Silesian 2
Łódź 2
Subcarpathian 2
Pomeranian 2
Silesian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Vitale in American newspapers,
1917–1963.

Newspaper page from The Adair County News carrying the name Vitale
The Adair County News 1917-05-30
Newspaper page from Baraboo Weekly News carrying the name Vitale
Baraboo Weekly News 1925-02-05
Newspaper page from The Daily Alaska Empire carrying the name Vitale
The Daily Alaska Empire 1930-01-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,962 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Vitale,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Katerina Vitale
    Katerina Vitale 1566–1619 · pharmacist
  • Tommaso Vitale
    Tommaso Vitale 1857–1906 · politician
  • Guido Vitale
    Guido Vitale 1872–1918 · diplomat
  • Ferruccio Vitale
    Ferruccio Vitale 1875–1933 · landscape architect
  • Massimo Adolfo Vitale
    Massimo Adolfo Vitale 1885–1968 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 238 lives in all are documented under this name.

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