Cola surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Cola surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,509 people carried this name — #18,354 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is up 13% from 1,330 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 524 people named Cola live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 208
Mendoza 115
Santa Fe 61
Córdoba 46
Entre Ríos 40
City of Buenos Aires 26
San Luis 17
Tierra del Fuego 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 192 people named Cola.

41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 41
Meurthe-et-Moselle 25
Bouches-du-Rhône 13
Doubs 12
Var 11
Maine-et-Loire 10
Paris 8
Haute-Garonne 6
Tarn 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

94 people named Cola live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Graubünden 50
Ticino 22
Zurich 11
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 4
St. Gallen 4
Geneva 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Cola,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giovanni Battista Cola 1652–1722 · Catholic priest
  • Serafino Cola 1813–1888 · politician
  • Nicola Cola 1869–1940 · Catholic priest
  • Dante Cola 1914–2004 · painter
  • Silvano Cola 1928–2007 · translator
  • Silvano Cola 1928–2007 · translator

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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