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The Colombini surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 340 people carried this name — #59,470 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 331 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Colombini surname

From a diminutive of Colombo.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Colombini» (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 572 people named Colombini 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 293
Santa Fe 186
City of Buenos Aires 51
Córdoba 32
La Rioja 10

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 154 people named Colombini.

25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 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 25
Paris 27
Corsica 22
Bouches-du-Rhône 17
Alpes-Maritimes 15
Lot-et-Garonne 12
Vaucluse 9
Gers 5
Moselle 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

113 people named Colombini live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 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 56
Graubünden 18
Zurich 12
Vaud 11
Solothurn 5
Basel-Stadt 4
Fribourg 4
Neuchâtel 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 Colombini,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giovanni Colombini
    Giovanni Colombini 1304–1367 · merchant
  • Giovanni Colombini d. 1774 · painter
  • Giovanni Colombini 1304–1367 · merchant
  • Caterina Colombini 1340–1387 · monk
  • Francesco Colombini 1588–1671 · composer
  • Gianbattista Colombini 1703–1774 · Catholic priest

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Colombini is.
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