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

The Colombi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 186 people carried this name — #97,671 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 7% from 201 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 553 people named Colombi 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 282
Mendoza 121
City of Buenos Aires 55
Córdoba 35
San Luis 29
Corrientes 17
La Pampa 14

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

173 people named Colombi live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 87
Zurich 24
St. Gallen 11
Aargau 9
Graubünden 9
Geneva 8
Bern 8
Neuchâtel 6

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 159 people named Colombi.

46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 46
Paris 28
Corsica 16
Meurthe-et-Moselle 11
Vaucluse 8
Bouches-du-Rhône 8
Vosges 4
Yvelines 4
Seine-Saint-Denis 4

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 21 people named Colombi 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 Hainaut.

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

Where they live today

Hainaut 13
Liège 8

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

Who carried it

People named Colombi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Piero Colombi
    Piero Colombi 1899–1960 · publisher
  • Piero Colombi
    Piero Colombi 1899–1960 · publisher
  • Iacopo Colombi 1201–1300
  • Giuseppe Colombi 1635–1694 · composer
  • Luigi Colombi 1851–1927 · politician
  • Emilio Colombi 1860–1947

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

When the index is not enough

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