The Tonelli surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 951 people carried this name — #24,615 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 348 people named Tonelli.
103 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Corsica.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
108 people named Tonelli live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Tonelli in American newspapers,
1914–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 976 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tonelli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anna Tonelli 1763–1846 · painter -
Ignazio Tonelli 1804– · politician -
Albino Tonelli 1852–1931 · politician -
Sándor Tonelli 1882–1950 · economist -
Alfonso De Pietri-Tonelli 1883–1952 · economist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 89 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tonelli.
- Tommasino 165 · U.S. census
- Ton 3,696 · U.S. census
- Tonarelli 116 · U.S. census
- Tonda 140 · U.S. census
- Tondini 107 · U.S. census
- Tondre 295 · U.S. census
- Tonello 179 · U.S. census
- Tonetti 210 · U.S. census
- Tong 10,809 · U.S. census
- Toni 300 · U.S. census
- Tonini 413 · U.S. census
- Toniolo 122 · U.S. census
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