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The Colla surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 520 people carried this name — #41,799 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 4% from 541 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,545 people named Colla 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 589
Santa Fe 324
Córdoba 167
City of Buenos Aires 100
Chaco 83
Corrientes 63
Catamarca 62
La Pampa 41

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 304 people named Colla 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 Limburg.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Limburg 210
Luxembourg Province 43
Liège 29
Namur 12
Antwerp 5
West Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 147 people named Colla.

47 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 47
Alpes-Maritimes 31
Bouches-du-Rhône 13
Moselle 9
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Var 5
Paris 5
Aude 5
Haute-Garonne 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

49 people named Colla live in Switzerland.

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

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

Where they live today

Ticino 22
Zurich 10
Bern 6
Aargau 5
Basel-Stadt 3
Valais 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 Colla,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Federico Colla
    Federico Colla 1790–1879 · politician
  • Antonio Colla
    Antonio Colla 1806–1857 · astronomer
  • Luigi Aloysius Colla 1766–1848 · politician
  • Vincenzo Colla 1790–1861 · musician
  • Tecophila Billotti 1802–1886 · botanical illustrator
  • Angelo Colla 1837–1891 · sculptor

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

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