The Colella surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,150 people carried this name — #7,971 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,014 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 898 people named Colella 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
339 people named Colella live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 171 people named Colella.
75 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 43 people named Colella live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
21 people named Colella is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Colella in American newspapers,
1898–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 401 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Colella,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alfredo Colella 1914– · singer
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Tommy Colella 1918–1992 · American football player -
Rick Colella 1951– · swimmer -
Rosolino Colella 1864–1940 · scientist
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Franco Colella 1900–1979 · artist
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Pietro Colella 1916–1998 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Colella.
- Colak 195 · U.S. census
- Colangelo 3,307 · U.S. census
- Colantonio 653 · U.S. census
- Colas 1,323 · U.S. census
- Colbert 22,940 · U.S. census
- Cole 195,289 · U.S. census
- Coleman 219,070 · U.S. census
- Coletta 1,676 · U.S. census
- Colette 173 · U.S. census
- Coletti 2,329 · U.S. census
- Coley 15,671 · U.S. census
- Coli 163 · U.S. census
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