Skip to content

The surname Pompa

A surname, carried by 4,217 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P510

Pompa: #7,851 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pompa #7,851, 4,217 people Pompa: #7,851 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pompa #7,851, 4,217 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pompa is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,217 people named Pompa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,214 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,537.

#7,851
rank among US surnames
4,217
people in 2010
1.4
per 100,000 Americans
+19.2%
change since 2000 (was #8,571)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#7,846Butz4,22073,162
#7,847Kershner4,21973,180
#7,849Bloodworth4,21873,197
#7,851Pompa4,21773,214

Who is named Pompa

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

73% of people named Pompa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 25% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 73%
  • White (not Hispanic) 25%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
  • Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Pompa

Pompa has the Soundex code P510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P510.

Questions

How common is the surname Pompa?
4,217 people in the United States had the surname Pompa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,214 Americans. It ranked 7,851st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pompa?
In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Pompa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Pompa getting more or less common?
More common. 3,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,217 in 2010, up 19%.