How common is the surname Colombo?

5,205 people in the United States had the surname Colombo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,317 Americans. It ranked 6,516th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Colombo?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Colombo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Colombo?

Gioacchino Colombo, Automobile engineer, followed by Joseph Colombo.

Where is the surname Colombo most common?

Wikidata records people named Colombo in the United States, Argentina and Italy and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Colombo?

Colombo is /kəˈlɒm.bəʊ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Colombo getting more or less common?

More common. 4,972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,205 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Colombo

An Italian surname, carried by 5,205 people in the United States.

Pronounced /kəˈlɒm.bəʊ/ 3 syllables Soundex C451

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Colombo is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

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

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,205 people named Colombo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,317 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,972.

#6,516

rank among US surnames

5,205

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,308)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,511	Melgoza	5,211	59,249
#6,513	Allgood	5,210	59,260
#6,514	Raab	5,208	59,283
#6,516	Wilmoth	5,205	59,317

Who is named Colombo

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Colombo identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Colombos

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gioacchino Colombo
Automobile engineer, 1903–1987
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, born 1999
Bartolomé Colombo
Argentinian association football player, born 1916
Sérgio Aparecido Colombo
Bishop of Bragança Paulista., born 1954
Russ Columbo
American singer, violinist, and actor (1908–1934)

Notable Colombos come mostly from the United States (4), Argentina (2) and Italy (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Colombo

Colombo has the Soundex code C451, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C451.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Colombo come from?: From Italian Colombo, from colombo (“pigeon, dove”).
How common is the surname Colombo?: 5,205 people in the United States had the surname Colombo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,317 Americans. It ranked 6,516th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Colombo?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Colombo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Colombo?: Gioacchino Colombo, Automobile engineer, followed by Joseph Colombo.
Where is the surname Colombo most common?: Wikidata records people named Colombo in the United States, Argentina and Italy and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Colombo?: Colombo is /kəˈlɒm.bəʊ/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Colombo getting more or less common?: More common. 4,972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,205 in 2010, up 4.7%.