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

Colletta, 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 Colletta surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Colletta in America

Colletta is the 36477th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Colletta surname appeared 613 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Colletta.

We can also compare 2010 data for Colletta 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 Colletta

The surname Colletta originated in Italy, specifically in the region of Calabria, located in the southern part of the country. The name Colletta is believed to have derived from the Italian word "colletta," which means a small hill or a hillock. This suggests that the surname may have initially been assigned to people who lived on or near small hills or elevated areas.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname Colletta can be traced back to the 12th century in various historical documents and records from the Calabria region. One notable mention is found in a land registry from the year 1185, which lists a certain Pietro Colletta as a landowner in the town of Cosenza.

In the 13th century, the surname Colletta appeared in a manuscript detailing the noble families of the Kingdom of Naples, indicating that some individuals bearing this name may have held positions of influence or nobility during that time.

One of the earliest known individuals with the surname Colletta was Francesco Colletta (1475-1532), a renowned Italian jurist and legal scholar from the city of Reggio Calabria. His treatises on civil law and legal theory were highly regarded in his time and contributed to the development of Italian jurisprudence.

Another notable figure was Pietro Colletta (1775-1831), a Neapolitan general, historian, and politician who served under King Ferdinand IV of Naples and later became a minister in the government of King Joachim Murat. He is best known for his influential work "Storia del Reame di Napoli," which chronicled the history of the Kingdom of Naples.

During the Renaissance period, the Colletta family produced several artists and architects, including Giovan Battista Colletta (1525-1589), a painter and architect from Cosenza who worked on various ecclesiastical projects in Calabria and Naples.

In the 18th century, Vincenzo Colletta (1714-1792) was a prominent mathematician and astronomer from Reggio Calabria. He served as the director of the observatory in Naples and made significant contributions to the study of celestial mechanics and the calculation of planetary orbits.

Throughout its history, the surname Colletta has been associated with various place names and locations within the Calabria region, such as the town of Colletta di Castelmenardo and the hilltop village of Colletta di Rivitilli, both of which likely derived their names from the topographical feature of small hills or elevations.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Colletta

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

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 Colletta 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 Colletta 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 Colletta was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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