# Colombo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/colombo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,205 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,516 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 59,317 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (4,972 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /kəˈlɒm.bəʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Italian Colombo, from colombo (“pigeon, dove”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Colombo in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Colombo in the United States, Argentina, Italy and Brazil.

## People named Colombo

- Gioacchino Colombo, Automobile engineer
- Joseph Colombo, Boss of the Colombo Crime Family (1923–1978)
- Charlie Colombo, American soccer player (1920-1986)
- Alberto Colombo, American conductor (1888–1954)
- Nazareno Colombo, Argentine professional footballer
- Bartolomé Colombo, Argentinian association football player
- Sérgio Aparecido Colombo, Bishop of Bragança Paulista.
- Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (1908–1934)

## Similar surnames

Coulombe, Columbus, Clampitt, Clamp.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.