The Viviani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 449 people carried this name — #47,272 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is down 11% from 505 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Viviani surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Patronymic surname from the personal name Viviano.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Viviani» (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 1,507 people named Viviani 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 238 people named Viviani.
50 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
112 people named Viviani live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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
Viviani in American newspapers,
1917–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,704 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Viviani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vincenzo Viviani 1622–1703 · astronomer -
Quirico Viviani 1780–1835 · writer -
René Viviani 1863–1925 · lawyer -
Isabelle Viviani 1872–1923 -
Luisella Viviani 1885–1968 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 95 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Viviani.
- Vittori 336 · U.S. census
- Vivaldi 141 · U.S. census
- Vivas 2,746 · U.S. census
- Vivens 139 · U.S. census
- Vives 987 · U.S. census
- Vivian 2,674 · U.S. census
- Viviano 2,043 · U.S. census
- Vivier 724 · U.S. census
- Vivion 142 · U.S. census
- Vix 251 · U.S. census
- Vizcaino 3,020 · U.S. census
- Vizier 162 · U.S. census
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