The Colli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 552 people carried this name — #39,773 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 21% from 456 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Colli surname
Topographic surname from colli, plural form of colle (“hill, hillock”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Colli» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,159 people named Colli 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 141 people named Colli.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Corsica.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Colli live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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
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 Colli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Matteo Colli d. 1596 · Catholic priest
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Gerardo Colli 1420–1480 · jurist
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Vincenzo Colli 1460–1508 · writer
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Alessandro Colli 1803–1884 · engineer
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Pietro Colli 1805–1868 · Catholic priest
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Giacomo Antonio Colli 1811–1872 · Catholic priest
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Colli.
- Collen 577 · U.S. census
- Collet 971 · U.S. census
- Colletta 613 · U.S. census
- Collette 4,927 · U.S. census
- Colletti 2,710 · U.S. census
- Colley 8,887 · U.S. census
- Collias 196 · U.S. census
- Collier 56,380 · U.S. census
- Collignon 493 · U.S. census
- Collin 2,959 · U.S. census
- Colling 1,042 · U.S. census
- Collins 329,770 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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