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The Dolci surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 209 people carried this name — #88,685 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 203 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Dolci surname

Patronymic or plural form of Dolce.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dolci» (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 157 people named Dolci 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 78
Santa Fe 44
Córdoba 24
City of Buenos Aires 11

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

148 people named Dolci live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 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 54
Vaud 31
Bern 19
Zurich 14
St. Gallen 6
Aargau 6
Graubünden 5
Geneva 5

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 143 people named Dolci.

61 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 61
Meurthe-et-Moselle 14
Isère 8
Jura 7
Pas-de-Calais 6
Doubs 6
Yvelines 5
Var 5
Finistère 5

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

Who carried it

People named Dolci,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carlo Dolci
    Carlo Dolci 1616–1686 · painter
  • Antonio Dolci
    Antonio Dolci 1798–1869 · pianist
  • Angelo Dolci
    Angelo Dolci 1867–1939 · Catholic priest
  • Alessandro Dolci
    Alessandro Dolci 1890–1954 · opera singer
  • Alessandro Dolci
    Alessandro Dolci 1890–1954 · opera singer
  • Agnese Dolci 1659–1689 · painter

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

When the index is not enough

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

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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