The Zorzi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 343 people carried this name — #59,017 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 337 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Zorzi surname
A surname from Venetan.
From the Venetan variant of the personal name Giorgio.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zorzi» (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 397 people named Zorzi 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 240 people named Zorzi.
99 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Paris.
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
107 people named Zorzi 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 Zorzi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marino Zorzi 1231–1312 · diplomat -
Bertolome Zorzi 1260–1300 · composer -
Nicholas I Zorzi d. 1345
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Luigi Zorzi d. 1593 · politician
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Calisto Zorzi d. 1926 · entrepreneur
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Jacob Zorzi 1301–1410
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zorzi.
When the index is not enough
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