Sanfilippo

surname · Latin script

Meaning: oriundo de San Filippo ou povoações homônimas

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˌsænfɪˈɫɪpoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Sanfilippo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 80K(measured from records)
  • ITItaly≈1 in 6.6K
  • AOAngola≈1 in 15K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈9,500 people, est.

Sources
286 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Portuguese

oriundo de San Filippo ou povoações homônimas

Sources 1

  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sanfilippo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sanfilippo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy—≈9,500 est.≈1 in 6.6KlistedSanfilippo72
US United States—4,1731 in 80K4.2KSanfilippo286
CD Congo - Kinshasa—≈3,700 est.≈1 in 28K—Sanfilippo1
AO Angola#464≈2,200 est.≈1 in 15K—Sanfilippo1
AR Argentina—9491 in 48K949—3
BE Belgium—3021 in 39K341Sanfilippo23

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the italian-surnames-defelice-1978 register; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Statbel — Noms de famille (family names). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sanfilippo is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Italy, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written San Filippo

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Belgium

    Also written Sañfilippo

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States, Italy

    Also written San-Filippo

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written San-Filippo

  • Russian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy, Russia, Croatia

    Languages: Russian, Croatian, Bulgarian

    Also written Санфилиппо

  • Indonesian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy

    Also written San-Filippo

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019201940196019802000Cesare Sanfilippo, b. 1911Antonio Sanfilippo, b. 1923Jasper Sanfilippo, b. 1931José Sanfilippo, b. 1935Matteo Sanfilippo, b. 1956Bruno Sanfilippo, b. 1965Salvatore Sanfilippo, b. 1977Frank Sanfilippo, b. 1981Federica Sanfilippo, b. 1990

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Sanfilippo,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 26 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Sanfilippo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020004.2K#7,342
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020104.2K#7,929
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020203.9K#8,164
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—949—
BE BelgiumStatbel — Noms de famille (family names)—341#4,862
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)2008302#5,457
IT ItalyDizionario dei Cognomi Italiani (De Felice, 1978)———
IT Italy意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
  • Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Sanfilippo?
A machine transcription gives /ˌsænfɪˈɫɪpoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Sanfilippo mean?
Recorded meaning: oriundo de San Filippo ou povoações homônimas
In which country does Sanfilippo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 9.5 thousand people named Sanfilippo in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sanfilippo.
How common is the name Sanfilippo?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,173 people named Sanfilippo in 2010, about 1 in 80 thousand residents.
How common is Sanfilippo compared with other names?
In Angola, Sanfilippo is the 464th most common surname of 23,432 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sanfilippo” — the 464th most common surname in Angola. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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