The Zanchi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 160 people carried this name — #110,286 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 13% from 141 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Zanchi surname
Perhaps from zanca (“leg; stilts”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zanchi» (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 281 people named Zanchi.
90 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 139 people named Zanchi 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 Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
137 people named Zanchi 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.
Who carried it
People named Zanchi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hieronymus Zanchi d. 1576 · jurist -
Basilio Zanchi 1501–1558 · librarian -
Giovanni Battista Zanchi 1515–1586 · architect -
Girolamo Zanchi 1516–1590 · Protestant reformer -
Antonio Zanchi 1631–1722 · illustrator -
Joseph Zanchi 1710–1786 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zanchi.
- Zampa 135 · U.S. census
- Zampieri 180 · U.S. census
- Zana 174 · U.S. census
- Zanardi 264 · U.S. census
- Zanatta 158 · U.S. census
- Zanca 389 · U.S. census
- Zander 4,518 · U.S. census
- Zanella 626 · U.S. census
- Zanelli 349 · U.S. census
- Zanette 140 · U.S. census
- Zanetti 937 · U.S. census
- Zang 2,103 · U.S. census
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