How common is the surname Colonna?

2,359 people in the United States had the surname Colonna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,880 Americans. It ranked 13,010th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Colonna?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Colonna identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Colonna?

Jerry Colonna, American musician, actor and comedian (1904-1986), followed by Ascanio Colonna.

Where is the surname Colonna most common?

Wikidata records people named Colonna in the United States and France.

Is the surname Colonna getting more or less common?

More common. 2,309 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,359 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Colonna

An Italian surname, carried by 2,359 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Colonna is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Colonna.

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 2,359 people named Colonna in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,880 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,309.

#13,010

rank among US surnames

2,359

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #12,343)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,002	Jellison	2,361	130,769
#13,007	Urrea	2,360	130,824
#13,010	Stetler	2,359	130,880

Who is named Colonna

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

93% of people named Colonna identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Colonnas

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jerry Colonna
American musician, actor and comedian (1904-1986)
Ascanio Colonna
17th-century Catholic cardinal (1560-1608)
Fanny Colonna
Algerian sociologist, 1934–2014

Notable Colonnas come mostly from the United States (1) and France (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Colonna

Colonna has the Soundex code C450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C450.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Colonna come from?: Borrowed from Italian Colonna.
How common is the surname Colonna?: 2,359 people in the United States had the surname Colonna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,880 Americans. It ranked 13,010th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Colonna?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Colonna identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Colonna?: Jerry Colonna, American musician, actor and comedian (1904-1986), followed by Ascanio Colonna.
Where is the surname Colonna most common?: Wikidata records people named Colonna in the United States and France.
Is the surname Colonna getting more or less common?: More common. 2,309 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,359 in 2010, up 2.2%.