Colucci
An Italian surname that usually began as a patronymic or family-name form built from a personal name ending in -ucci.
The #8,229 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 76,593 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Colucci is an Italian surname, most likely formed from a personal name or nickname with the affectionate or diminutive ending -ucci. In many Italian surnames, this kind of ending points to “the family of” or “descendants of” someone known by a name such as Coluccio or a similar medieval given name. The first element is not entirely certain in the absence of documentary evidence, so the surname is best treated as a patronymic family-name formation rather than a single fixed literal meaning.
History
The name is found in Italy, especially in regions where surnames were regularly formed from given names plus diminutive or patronymic endings. Like many Italian surnames, it spread more widely through migration, especially to North America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Modern bearers often preserve a southern Italian or central Italian family background, though the surname is not limited to one region.
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Fun fact
The ending -ucci is one of several Italian surname endings that can make a family name sound affectionate or diminutive, even when the original personal name has faded from memory.