Giacometti is used as a family name or surname in Italy. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Giacometti
No. of characters: 10
Origin: Italy
Meaning:

A variation of Giacomini. Descendant of little Giacomo meaning "the supplanter".

How popular is Giacometti?

Giacometti is common in Italy, Brazil, France, Argentina, United States, Ecuador, Switzerland.

Giacometti is ranked 45805 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Giacomettis grew by 26.17 per cent to 323 since 2000 and ranked 62045 after elevating 9098 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.24 88.67
Hispanic or Latino 7.74 7.42
Others 2.17 2.34
Giacometti is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Italy which signifies its Italy provenence. Around 11331 person has been found who wears Giacometti as their family name. Giacometti is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Giacometti:
1,181 Italy7,417
6,793 Brazil1,215
Countries with hundreds of Giacometti:
12,145 France778
7,211 Argentina501
73,471 United States365
4,707 Ecuador321
5,136 Switzerland233
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,387 Uruguay90
46,632 Canada66
13,033 Croatia57
36,890 Australia56
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,136 Dominican Republic46
50,469 Spain26
46,150 Belgium25
4,917 Luxembourg21
172,669 Germany19
109,033 South Africa19
4,719 New Caledonia16
119,675 England15
12,021 Ireland14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
101,176 Netherlands6
553,295 Thailand6
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Mason Agostino Giacometti from Blksmh, Italy aboard the La Bretagne from Havre. He is registered to be 28 years old when he arrived in Thurber on August 24, 1896. Art. Giacometti, aged 42, Carmela Giacometti (36) Housewife, Laborer Do. Giacometti, Laborer Domenico Giacometti, Laborer Filippo Giacometti, 10 years old Filomeno Giacometti, Farmer L. Giacometti, Tailor L. Giacometti, and 9 other Giacometti around 42.11% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer and miner migrated to US from Havre, Genoa, Naples and Fiume & Naples.

From Germany

Merchant Louis Giacometti from Germany aboard the Elbe from Bremen & Southampton. He is registered to be 23 years old when he arrived in USA on August 25, 1883. Marianna Giacometti (34) Servant, are others that migrated to US.

Giacometti Namesakes

  • Paolo Giacometti, Italian dramatist born at Novi Ligure
  • Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker

Giacometti Namesakes

  • Paolo Giacometti, Italian dramatist born at Novi Ligure
  • Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker

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