Luciani

surname · Latin script

Meaning: a surname originating as a patronymic

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

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

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil≈1 in 312K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ITItaly≈1 in 5.9K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 18K

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)

≈11,000 people, est.

Sources
126 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a surname originating as a patronymic

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Luciani 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 Luciani is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy≈11,000 est.≈1 in 5.9KlistedLuciani51
FR France≈3,700 est.≈1 in 18K444Luciani3
AR Argentina2,0991 in 22K2.1KLuciani1
US United States1,5181 in 219K1.5KLuciani126
BR Brazil≈680 est.≈1 in 312K2.6KLuciani70
CA Canada≈490 est.≈1 in 76K—Luciani23
CH Switzerland1091 in 77K109Luciani8

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: IBGE — Nomes (census name API); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the italian-surnames-defelice-1978 register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Luciani is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, United States

    Also written Lucíani

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Italy

    Also written Lucianì, Luçiani

  • Indonesian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Tanzania, Peru

    Also written Lüciani

48 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Luciani 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, do nome grego Lukianós; de Lucianus/Lucius

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

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)

1400160018002000Sebastiano del Piombo, b. 1485Agostino Pinelli Luciani, b. 1537Ascanio Luciano, b. 1621Luigi Luciani, b. 1840John Paul I, b. 1912Giacomo Luciani, b. 1948Marie-Ange Luciani, b. 1979Franco Luciani, b. 1981Alessio Luciani, b. 1990Clara Luciani, b. 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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimada Sra. Luciani,Dear Ms Luciani, (English)
InformalHola Luciani,Hi Luciani, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 40 sources across 22 countries.

Official registers attesting Luciani
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—2.1K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.5K#18,286
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.5K#17,530
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.5K#18,539
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—940#9,831
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921572—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961559—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951524—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971472—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981458—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941454—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991444—

Reference works 6

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 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 Luciani mean, and where does it come from?
a surname originating as a patronymic Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Luciani?
A machine transcription gives /luθjani/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Luciani have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Luciani in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled luciani.
How common is the name Luciani?
In Argentina, the national register counted 2,099 people named Luciani, about 1 in 22 thousand residents.

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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.

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, “Luciani”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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