# Colli (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/colli/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 552 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,773 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 559,322 people |
| Change since 2000 | +21% (456 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Colli; this surname is also widely attested in Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil and Argentina.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Colli in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 64% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 30% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.7% |

## Similar surnames

Cole, Colley, Cool, Collie, Coello, Coll, Coil, Cola, Cowell, Celli, Clay, Cooley.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.