The Nelli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 353 people carried this name — #57,639 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is down 9% from 389 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Nelli surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Patronymic surname from the personal name Nello, apheresis of Antonello.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nelli» (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 624 people named Nelli 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 116 people named Nelli.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 the Nordic population registers
34 people named Nelli is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Nelli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Plautilla Nelli 1524–1588 · artist -
Francesco Nelli 1350–1363 · writer
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Pietro Nelli 1375–1419 · painter
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Giustiniano Nelli 1488–1541 · writer
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Pietro Nelli 1511–1572 · poet
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Niccolò Nelli 1529–1572 · engraver
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nelli.
When the index is not enough
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