Find out how popular the last name Coletta is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Coletta.

Coletta, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Coletta surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Coletta in America

Coletta is the 16958th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Coletta surname appeared 1,676 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Coletta.

We can also compare 2010 data for Coletta to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Coletta

The surname Coletta is of Italian origin, derived from the medieval Italian given name Niccoletta, which was a diminutive form of Nicola, the Italian variant of the Greek name Nicholas. The name Nicola can be traced back to the ancient Greek word 'nikos,' meaning 'victory,' and 'laos,' meaning 'people.' Thus, the name Coletta originally carried the meaning of 'little victor of the people.'

The earliest recorded instances of the name Coletta can be found in various Italian historical records and manuscripts from the 13th and 14th centuries. One notable example is found in the Florentine Codex, a 16th-century ethnographic work compiled by the Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún, which mentions a woman named Coletta di Firenze, who lived in Florence during the 1300s.

In the late 15th century, the name Coletta gained prominence with the canonization of St. Colette (1381-1447), a French nun and reformer of the Poor Clares order. Born as Nicolette Boellet in Corbie, France, she took the religious name Colette and played a significant role in reviving the strict observance of the Franciscan rule within her order.

Another notable figure bearing the surname Coletta was the Italian artist Giacomo Coletta (1508-1572), a Renaissance painter and engraver from Bologna. His works can be found in various churches and museums across Italy.

In the 19th century, the name Coletta was associated with Nicola Coletta (1806-1863), an Italian military leader and politician who served as the Minister of War for the Kingdom of Sardinia and played a crucial role in the unification of Italy.

During the same period, the surname Coletta also gained recognition through the Italian composer and conductor Michelangelo Coletta (1844-1918), who composed several operas and worked as the Director of the San Carlo Theatre in Naples.

It is worth noting that the surname Coletta is not only found in Italy but also in other parts of Europe and the Americas, where Italian immigrants have settled over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Coletta

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Coletta.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Coletta was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Coletta has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Coletta was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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