The Nicolosi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,098 people carried this name — #14,274 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 140,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,066 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Nicolosi surname
Borrowed from Italian Nicolosi, Italianization of Sicilian Niculosi.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nicolosi» (English), 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 746 people named Nicolosi 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
120 people named Nicolosi live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 79 people named Nicolosi.
Most of them — 41 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 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 print
Nicolosi in American newspapers,
1892–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 645 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Nicolosi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovan Battista Nicolosi 1610–1670 · Catholic priest -
Salvatore Nicolosi 1885–1977 · composer -
Salvatore Nicolosi 1885–1977 · composer
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Nicolò Nicolosi 1912–1986 · association football coach -
Dionisio Nicolosi 1838–1916 · Catholic priest
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Giuseppe Nicolosi 1889–1967 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nicolosi.
- Nicoletti 2,981 · U.S. census
- Nicoli 320 · U.S. census
- Nicolini 785 · U.S. census
- Nicolino 196 · U.S. census
- Nicolle 197 · U.S. census
- Nicolo 537 · U.S. census
- Nicora 218 · U.S. census
- Nicosia 2,894 · U.S. census
- Nicot 135 · U.S. census
- Nicotra 767 · U.S. census
- Niederberger 289 · U.S. census
- Niederkorn 323 · U.S. census
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