Poli surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Poli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,025 people carried this name — #14,686 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 144,900 people counted. That is up 28% from 1,576 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,315 people named Poli.

316 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 83 départements, most often Corsica.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 316
Corsica 1,107
Bouches-du-Rhône 194
Paris 109
Var 64
Meurthe-et-Moselle 63
Rhône 35
Alpes-Maritimes 35
Moselle 28

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 1,613 people named Poli 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 710
Córdoba 150
Misiones 134
City of Buenos Aires 131
Santa Fe 131
Formosa 77
Río Negro 57
Tucumán 52

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

283 people named Poli live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 74
Vaud 37
Zurich 32
Valais 25
Lucerne 25
Geneva 22
Schaffhausen 11
Aargau 10

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 47 people named Poli 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

Hainaut 34
East Flanders 8
Liège 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

184 people named Poli is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 184

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 Poli,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giuseppe Saverio Poli
    Giuseppe Saverio Poli 1746–1825 · physicist
  • Théodore Poli
    Théodore Poli 1799–1831
  • Fausto Poli 1581–1653 · Catholic priest
  • Gaudenzio Poli 1609–1679 · Catholic bishop
  • Martino Poli 1662–1714 · chemist
  • Gherardo Poli 1676–1745 · painter

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

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