The Zani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 494 people carried this name — #43,651 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 487 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 663 people named Zani 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 Mendoza.
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 199 people named Zani.
61 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Corsica.
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
130 people named Zani live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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.
In the Nordic population registers
40 people named Zani is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Zani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bartolomeo Zani 1401–1520 · engraver -
Luis Armando Zani Espinoza d. 1973
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Agostino Zani 1450–1528 · printer
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Ulpiano Zani 1461–1519
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Celso Zani 1580–1650 · Catholic priest
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Costanzo Zani 1622–1694 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zani.
When the index is not enough
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