The Zilli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 210 people carried this name — #88,336 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 11% from 189 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,309 people named Zilli 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 Santa Fe.
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 Zilli.
54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Maine-et-Loire.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
36 people named Zilli live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 22 people named Zilli 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Zilli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Emma Zilli 1864–1901 · opera singer -
Carlo Zilli 1770–1819 · priest
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Rodolfo Zilli 1890–1976 · painter
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Rodolfo Zilli 1890–1976 · painter
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Bruno Zilli 1909–1981 · referee
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Giuseppe Zilli 1921–1980 · presbyter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zilli.
- Ziegler 25,351 · U.S. census
- Zielinska 134 · U.S. census
- Zielinski 11,087 · U.S. census
- Zigler 2,019 · U.S. census
- Zill 439 · U.S. census
- Ziller 605 · U.S. census
- Zilliox 284 · U.S. census
- Zimmer 17,146 · U.S. census
- Zimmerle 755 · U.S. census
- Zimmermann 7,123 · U.S. census
- Zimny 693 · U.S. census
- Zimpfer 428 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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