Where Does the Colonnese Surname Come From?

The last name Colonnese is another written form of Colonna, an Italian family name. Name scholars give the meaning as “Column”.

A variant of Colonna

Colonnese adds -ese to the root of Colonna, a familiar way of forming related surnames. Other spellings include Della Colonna and Colona.

Heraldry and the Colonnese name

Arms linked to Colonna and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Colonnese report, with a museum-style coat of arms.