Viviani
surname · Latin script
Meaning: do nome lat. Vivianus, derivado de vivus; sobrenome com fq
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Viviani is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.
- BRBrazil≈1 in 180K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 741K
- ITItaly≈1 in 17K
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)
- Sources
- 160 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
do nome lat. Vivianus, derivado de vivus; sobrenome com fq. Viviani.
Sources 1
- Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Where in the world(measured from records)
Viviani 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 17K | listed | Viviani | 43 |
| AR Argentina | 1,507 | 1 in 30K | 1.5K | — | 1 |
| BR Brazil | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 180K | 3.7K | Viviani | 95 |
| FR France | ≈530 est. | ≈1 in 129K | 53 | — | 1 |
| US United States | 449 | 1 in 741K | 528 | Viviani | 160 |
| UY Uruguay | 136 | 1 in 25K | 136 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 115 | 1 in 73K | 115 | Viviani | 7 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 85K | — | Viviani | 1 |
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 2020; IBGE — Nomes (census name API); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the italian-surnames-defelice-1978 register; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Viviani is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, a surname originating as a patronymic
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Vincenzo Vivianib. 1622FRItalian scientist (1622-1703)
- Giovanni Buonaventura Vivianib. 1638FR17th century Italian composer and violinist
- René Vivianib. 1863FRPrime Minister of France (1862-1925)
- Raffaele Vivianib. 1888ITItalian playwright and stage actor (1888–1950)
- Vittorio Vivianib. 1954ITItalian actor (born 1954)
- Elisabetta Vivianib. 1955ITItalian singer and actress
- Sonia Vivianib. 1958ITItalian actress
- Elia Vivianib. 1989ITItalian racing cyclist
- Elena Vivianib. 1992ITItalian short track speed skater
- Federico Vivianib. 1992ITItalian footballer (born 1992)
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.6K | #6,072 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 1.5K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 528 | #43,946 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 505 | #40,761 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 449 | #47,272 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 136 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 115 | #9,900 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 90 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 86 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 73 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 60 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 53 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- What does the name Viviani mean?
- Recorded meaning: do nome lat. Vivianus, derivado de vivus; sobrenome com fq.
- In which country does Viviani have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.7 thousand people named Viviani in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled viviani.
- How common is the name Viviani?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 1,507 people named Viviani, about 1 in 30 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vivianiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Viviani”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.