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The Minelli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 487 people carried this name — #44,193 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 483 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Minelli surname

From Minello, pet form of the personal name Mino.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Minelli» (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 238 people named Minelli 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 93
Mendoza 63
Córdoba 51
City of Buenos Aires 31

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

167 people named Minelli live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 36
Zurich 30
Graubünden 22
Schwyz 16
Thurgau 15
Fribourg 10
Vaud 10
Geneva 8

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 156 people named Minelli.

65 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 65
Paris 12
Moselle 11
Meurthe-et-Moselle 10
Ain 10
Saône-et-Loire 7
Isère 5
Var 4
Alpes-Maritimes 4

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

In print

Minelli in American newspapers,
1882–1905.

Newspaper page from Daily Republican carrying the name Minelli
Daily Republican 1882-08-29
Newspaper page from Cronaca Sovversiva carrying the name Minelli
Cronaca Sovversiva 1903-06-13
Newspaper page from L'italia carrying the name Minelli
L'italia 1905-06-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 560 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Minelli,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antonio Minelli 1798–1883 · typographer
  • Gustavo Minelli 1831–1886 · writer
  • Tullio Gaetano Minelli 1848–1904 · politician
  • Fausto Minelli 1891–1974 · politician
  • Fausto Minelli 1891–1974 · politician
  • Pablo M. Minelli 1893–1941 · writer

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

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Surnames next to Minelli.

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