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The Colucci surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,031 people carried this name — #8,229 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,852 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Colucci surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Apheretic form of Nicolucci, a pluralized form of the pet name Nicoluccio, from Nicola (“Nicholas”) + -uccio (diminutive suffix).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Colucci» (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 1,031 people named Colucci 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 403
Mendoza 221
City of Buenos Aires 175
Santa Fe 86
Córdoba 41
Río Negro 23
Chaco 21
Chubut 19

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

291 people named Colucci live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 95
Zurich 33
Bern 17
Lucerne 17
Aargau 16
Geneva 16
Vaud 14
Thurgau 13

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 163 people named Colucci.

68 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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 68
Paris 46
Hauts-de-Seine 9
Isère 7
Nord 6
Val-de-Marne 6
Bouches-du-Rhône 5
Seine-et-Marne 3
Moselle 2

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

In print

Colucci in American newspapers,
1914–1922.

Newspaper page from Detroiter Abend-post carrying the name Colucci
Detroiter Abend-post 1914-12-04
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Colucci
Daily Kennebec Journal 1915-07-16
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Colucci
Daily Kennebec Journal 1922-05-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 440 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Colucci,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Guido Colucci
    Guido Colucci 1877–1949 · artist
  • Guido Colucci
    Guido Colucci 1877–1949 · artist
  • Benedetto Colucci 1438–1506
  • Giuseppe Colucci 1752–1809 · historian
  • Raffaele Colucci 1821–1904 · writer
  • Raffaele Colucci 1821–1904 · writer

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Colucci is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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