The Ercolani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 342 people carried this name — #59,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is down 6% from 362 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ercolani surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From the personal name Ercolano.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ercolani» (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 121 people named Ercolani 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 78 people named Ercolani.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
78 people named Ercolani live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
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 Ercolani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luigi Ercolani 1758–1825 · Catholic priest -
Girolamo Ercolani d. 1587 · jurist
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Filippo Ercolani d. 1535 · Catholic priest
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Vincenzo Ercolano 1517–1586 · bishop
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Girolamo Ercolani 1618–1668 · theologian
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Francesco Ercolani 1659–1675
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ercolani.
- Epstein 12,952 · U.S. census
- Erard 201 · U.S. census
- Erb 9,060 · U.S. census
- Erba 167 · U.S. census
- Erbland 199 · U.S. census
- Erbs 206 · U.S. census
- Ercole 380 · U.S. census
- Ercoli 265 · U.S. census
- Erdem 228 · U.S. census
- Erdmann 4,085 · U.S. census
- Erdogan 261 · U.S. census
- Erhard 994 · U.S. census
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