How common is the surname Lombard?

5,873 people in the United States had the surname Lombard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,570 Americans. It ranked 5,875th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lombard?

Carole Lombard, American actress (1908-1942), followed by Louise Lombard.

Where is the surname Lombard most common?

Wikidata records people named Lombard in the United Kingdom, the United States and France.

How do you pronounce Lombard?

Lombard is /ˈlɑmbɑɹd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Lombard getting more or less common?

More common. 5,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,873 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Lombard

A surname, carried by 5,873 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlɑmbɑɹd/ 2 syllables Soundex L516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lombard is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

From Middle English Lombard, Lumbard, borrowed from Old French Lombard, Lombart (“a Lombard”), from Late Latin langobardus, longobardus (“a Lombard”), from Germanic, derived from the Proto-Germanic *langabardaz from elements *langaz + *bardaz; equivalent to long + beard. Some sources derive the second element instead from Proto-Germanic *bardǭ, *barduz (“axe”), related to German Barte (“axe”). Doublet of Langobard and longbeard. Compare with Old English Langbeardas (“Lombards”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,873 people named Lombard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,570 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,755.

#5,875

rank among US surnames

5,873

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,548)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,872	Hargett	5,876	52,543
#5,873	Schaller	5,875	52,552
#5,874	Vanburen	5,874	52,561
#5,875	Lombard	5,873	52,570

Who is named Lombard

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

83% of people named Lombard identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lombards

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carole Lombard
American actress (1908-1942)
Louise Lombard
British actress, born 1970
Claude Lombard
Belgian singer (1945–2021)
Montserrat Lombard
British actress, born 1982

Notable Lombards come mostly from the United Kingdom (2), the United States (1) and France (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Lumbard
Lumbar

Surnames that sound like Lombard

Lombard has the Soundex code L516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L516.

Questions

Where does the surname Lombard come from?: From Middle English Lombard, Lumbard, borrowed from Old French Lombard, Lombart (“a Lombard”), from Late Latin langobardus, longobardus (“a Lombard”), from Germanic, derived from the Proto-Germanic *langabardaz from elements *langaz + *bardaz; equivalent to long + beard. Some sources derive the…
How common is the surname Lombard?: 5,873 people in the United States had the surname Lombard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,570 Americans. It ranked 5,875th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lombard?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Lombard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lombard?: Carole Lombard, American actress (1908-1942), followed by Louise Lombard.
Where is the surname Lombard most common?: Wikidata records people named Lombard in the United Kingdom, the United States and France.
How do you pronounce Lombard?: Lombard is /ˈlɑmbɑɹd/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Lombard getting more or less common?: More common. 5,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,873 in 2010, up 2.1%.
What are other spellings of Lombard?: Lumbard and Lumbar.