How common is the surname Visconti?

2,540 people in the United States had the surname Visconti in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,553 Americans. It ranked 12,247th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Visconti?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Visconti identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Visconti?

Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans, (1371-1408) wife of Louis de Valois, Duke of Orléans, followed by Tony Visconti.

Where is the surname Visconti most common?

Wikidata records people named Visconti in the United States, Signoria of Milan and Duchy of Milan and 1 other country.

Is the surname Visconti getting more or less common?

More common. 2,338 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,540 in 2010, up 8.6%.

The surname Visconti

An Italian surname, carried by 2,540 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex V253

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Visconti is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Visconti.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,540 people named Visconti in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,553 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,338.

#12,247

rank among US surnames

2,540

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+8.6%

change since 2000 (was #12,218)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,238	Doby	2,542	121,458
#12,242	Satterlee	2,541	121,506
#12,247	Bondurant	2,540	121,553
#12,250	Koeller	2,539	121,601
#12,255	Cabe	2,538	121,649

Who is named Visconti

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Visconti identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Viscontis

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans
(1371-1408) wife of Louis de Valois, Duke of Orléans
Tony Visconti
American record producer, musician and singer, born 1944
Ottone Visconti
Archbishop of Milan, 1207–1295
Giovanni Visconti
Archbishop & Lord of Milan, 1290–1354
Eliseu Visconti
Brazilian painter (1866–1944)
Alfonso Visconti
17th-century Catholic cardinal, 1552–1608
Gary Visconti
American figure skater, born 1945
Filippo Maria Visconti
Archbishop of Milan, 1721–1801
Giulio Visconti Borromeo Arese
(1664-1750)
Gaspare Visconti
Archbishop of Milan, 1538–1595

Notable Viscontis come mostly from the United States (2), Signoria of Milan (2) and Duchy of Milan (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Visconti

Vicente

Visconti has the Soundex code V253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V253.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Visconti come from?: Borrowed from Italian Visconti.
How common is the surname Visconti?: 2,540 people in the United States had the surname Visconti in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,553 Americans. It ranked 12,247th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Visconti?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Visconti identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Visconti?: Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans, (1371-1408) wife of Louis de Valois, Duke of Orléans, followed by Tony Visconti.
Where is the surname Visconti most common?: Wikidata records people named Visconti in the United States, Signoria of Milan and Duchy of Milan and 1 other country.
Is the surname Visconti getting more or less common?: More common. 2,338 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,540 in 2010, up 8.6%.