The Zini surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 227 people carried this name — #82,908 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 5% from 238 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,219 people named Zini 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 Corrientes.
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 138 people named Zini.
58 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
68 people named Zini 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 Zini,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marisa Zini 1907–1982 · teacher -
Marisa Zini 1907–1982 · teacher
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Francesco Saverio Zini 1770–1803 · poet
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Luigi Zini 1821–1894 · politician
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Celestino Zini 1825–1892 · Catholic priest
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Umberto Zini 1878–1964 · artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zini.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Zini is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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