The Colussi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 170 people carried this name — #105,079 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 17% from 145 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Colussi surname
A surname from Friulian or Venetan.
From the Friulian and Venetan pet names for “Nick”. By surface analysis, Nicola (“Nicholas”) + -uccio (diminutive suffix).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Colussi» (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 1,183 people named Colussi 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 Santa Fe.
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 76 people named Colussi.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.
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
35 people named Colussi live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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
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 Colussi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Carlo Colussi 1891–1945 · politician
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Giacomo Colussi 1914–1999 · entrepreneur
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Giacomo Colussi 1914–1999 · entrepreneur
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Luiz Colussi 1931–1996 · Catholic priest
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Giorgio Colussi 1933–2006 · philologist
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Guglielmo Colussi 1938–2016 · geologist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Colussi.
- Colon 67,338 · U.S. census
- Colonel 174 · U.S. census
- Colonna 2,359 · U.S. census
- Colpaert 188 · U.S. census
- Colson 9,710 · U.S. census
- Colucci 4,031 · U.S. census
- Coma 217 · U.S. census
- Coman 1,221 · U.S. census
- Comas 1,172 · U.S. census
- Comba 156 · U.S. census
- Combe 755 · U.S. census
- Combel 103 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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