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    The surname Palumbo

    An Italian surname, carried by 11,005 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P451

    Palumbo: #3,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Palumbo #3,285, 11,005 people Palumbo: #3,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Palumbo #3,285, 11,005 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Palumbo is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Palumbo.

    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 11,005 people named Palumbo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,055 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,122.

    #3,285
    rank among US surnames
    11,005
    people in 2010
    3.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,978)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,282Mortensen11,01328,035
    #3,283Domingo11,01228,037
    #3,284Fanning11,00728,050
    #3,285Palumbo11,00528,055

    Who is named Palumbo

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

    95% of people named Palumbo identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Palumbos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Chuck Palumbo
      American professional wrestler, born 1971

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Palumbo

    Palumbo has the Soundex code P451, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P451.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Palumbo come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Palumbo.
    How common is the surname Palumbo?
    11,005 people in the United States had the surname Palumbo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,055 Americans. It ranked 3,285th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Palumbo?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Palumbo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Palumbo?
    Chuck Palumbo, American professional wrestler.
    Where is the surname Palumbo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Palumbo in the United States.
    Is the surname Palumbo getting more or less common?
    Less common. 11,122 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,005 in 2010, down 1.1%.