# Visconti (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/visconti/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,540 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,247 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 121,553 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.6% (2,338 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Visconti.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Visconti in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Visconti in the United States, Signoria of Milan, Duchy of Milan and the Kingdom of Italy.

## People named Visconti

- Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans, (1371-1408) wife of Louis de Valois, Duke of Orléans
- Tony Visconti, American record producer, musician and singer
- Ottone Visconti, archbishop of Milan
- Giovanni Visconti, Archbishop & Lord of Milan
- Eliseu Visconti, Brazilian painter (1866–1944)
- Alfonso Visconti, 17th-century Catholic cardinal
- Gary Visconti, American figure skater
- Filippo Maria Visconti, Archbishop of Milan
- Giulio Visconti Borromeo Arese, (1664-1750)
- Gaspare Visconti, Archbishop of Milan

## Similar surnames

Vicente, Viswanathan.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.