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The Poletti surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 673 people carried this name — #33,810 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 15% from 583 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Poletti surname

Patronymic or plural form of Poletto.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Poletti» (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 1,300 people named Poletti 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 619
Santa Fe 209
City of Buenos Aires 156
Entre Ríos 93
Mendoza 71
Córdoba 70
Corrientes 36
San Luis 25

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 717 people named Poletti.

96 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 59 départements, most often Corsica.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 96
Corsica 208
Paris 55
Bouches-du-Rhône 47
Var 32
Meurthe-et-Moselle 21
Alpes-Maritimes 15
Doubs 14
Aube 14

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

478 people named Poletti live in Switzerland.

They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 116
Uri 64
Vaud 57
Zurich 55
Graubünden 20
Valais 19
Geneva 19
Lucerne 19

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 Poletti,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francesco Poletti
    Francesco Poletti 1821–1895 · jurist
  • Lina Poletti
    Lina Poletti 1885–1971 · writer
  • Andrea Poletti 1646–1726 · printer
  • Orazio Poletti 1682–1758 · printer
  • Geminiano Poletti 1790–1836
  • Luigi Poletti 1792–1869 · architect

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

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Surnames next to Poletti.

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