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

The Lelli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 341 people carried this name — #59,324 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 327 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 668 people named Lelli 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 231
Córdoba 191
Santa Fe 182
Río Negro 19
City of Buenos Aires 17
Mendoza 17
La Rioja 11

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 Lelli.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often 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 24
Moselle 10
Paris 8
Alpes-Maritimes 6
Var 6
Nord 6
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 3
Meuse 2
Hauts-de-Seine 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

39 people named Lelli live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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 10
Aargau 9
Bern 7
Geneva 5
Solothurn 4
Zurich 4

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 Lelli,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ercole Lelli
    Ercole Lelli 1702–1766 · painter
  • Lucio Quirino Lelli 1821–1896 · printmaker
  • Giovanni Battista Lelli 1827–1887 · painter
  • Camillo Lelli 1849–1938 · teacher
  • Camillo Lelli 1849–1938 · teacher
  • Marcello Lelli 1890–1963 · hydraulic engineer

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Lelli 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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