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    The surname Lomba

    A Portuguese place surname, carried by 663 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L510

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lomba is more common than 78.9% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    Habitational surname from Portuguese and Galician Lomba, from Galician lomba (“mountain ridge”).

    Lomba is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 663 people named Lomba in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 465,680 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 614.

    #34,223
    rank among US surnames
    663
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #34,799)

    Who is named Lomba

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

    51% of people named Lomba identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 51%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 22%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lomba come from?
    Habitational surname from Portuguese and Galician Lomba, from Galician lomba (“mountain ridge”).
    How common is the surname Lomba?
    663 people in the United States had the surname Lomba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 465,680 Americans. It ranked 34,223rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lomba?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Lomba identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Lomba?
    Lomba is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Lomba getting more or less common?
    More common. 614 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 663 in 2010, up 8.0%.