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

The Colonna surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,359 people carried this name — #13,010 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,309 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,223 people named Colonna.

174 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 60 départements, most often Corsica.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 174
Corsica 621
Bouches-du-Rhône 113
Paris 86
Var 35
Alpes-Maritimes 24
Seine-Saint-Denis 11
Rhône 11
Essonne 8

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,068 people named Colonna 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 748
City of Buenos Aires 170
Santa Fe 48
Córdoba 30
Entre Ríos 29
Neuquén 22
Mendoza 21

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

118 people named Colonna live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 43
Ticino 29
Aargau 12
Vaud 8
Geneva 6
Graubünden 6
Valais 5
Basel-Stadt 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.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 20 people named Colonna 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 20

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

In print

Colonna in American newspapers,
1884–1912.

Newspaper page from The Independent-reporter carrying the name Colonna
The Independent-reporter 1911-01-19
Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Colonna
The Hattiesburg News 1912-03-02
Newspaper page from Eureka Daily Sentinel carrying the name Colonna
Eureka Daily Sentinel 1884-12-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,520 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Colonna,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Golfiero Colonna d. 2000 · screenwriter
  • Agapito Colonna d. 1344 · Catholic priest
  • Giovanni Battista Vivarelli Colonna d. 2021 · land owner
  • Gaspare Colonna d. 1435 · Catholic priest
  • Camillo Colonna d. 1558 · military leader
  • Giacomo Colonna d. 1431

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

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