The Locatelli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 512 people carried this name — #42,378 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 504 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Locatelli surname
A surname from Italian, Lombard, or locations.
From Italian Locatelli, from Lombard, from Bergamasque (“lmo-bmo”). From being a person from the village of Locatello.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Locatelli» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,631 people named Locatelli.
518 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 61 départements, most often Isère.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,335 people named Locatelli 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
701 people named Locatelli live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 35 people named Locatelli live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Locatelli in American newspapers,
1924–1943.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,743 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Locatelli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pietro Locatelli 1695–1764 · composer -
Francesco Maria Locatelli 1727–1811 · Catholic priest -
Achille Locatelli 1856–1935 · Catholic priest -
Umberto Locatelli 1878–1958 · politician -
Amilcare Locatelli 1882–1962 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 153 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Locatelli.
- Lobbestael 238 · U.S. census
- Lobe 433 · U.S. census
- Lobel 1,068 · U.S. census
- Lobert 211 · U.S. census
- Lobo 4,830 · U.S. census
- Lobstein 156 · U.S. census
- Locati 219 · U.S. census
- Loch 2,481 · U.S. census
- Lochard 231 · U.S. census
- Loche 183 · U.S. census
- Locher 1,688 · U.S. census
- Lode 213 · U.S. census
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