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The surname Colli

An Italian surname, carried by 552 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C400

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Colli is more common than 75.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

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

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 552 people named Colli in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 559,322 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 456.

#39,773
rank among US surnames
552
people in 2010
0.2
per 100,000 Americans
+21.1%
change since 2000 (was #44,430)

Who is named Colli

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

64% of people named Colli identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • White (not Hispanic) 64%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 30%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Colli

Colli has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.

Other Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Colli come from?
Borrowed from Italian Colli; this surname is also widely attested in Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil and Argentina.
How common is the surname Colli?
552 people in the United States had the surname Colli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 559,322 Americans. It ranked 39,773rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Colli?
In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Colli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Colli getting more or less common?
More common. 456 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 552 in 2010, up 21%.