Colombo Surname

2,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 193,456 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Colombo Surname Definition:

(Italian) Same as Colomb, q.v.

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Colombo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy133,3811:4595
Brazil16,3701:13,077715
Argentina14,3151:2,986378
United States7,4591:48,5945,891
Sri Lanka7,0171:2,965405
France3,9961:16,6221,793
Venezuela2,1621:13,9701,153
Switzerland1,5611:5,261798
Uruguay1,3401:2,561300
Spain7441:62,8395,682
Dominican Republic6241:16,7191,166
Australia4791:56,3586,877
Mexico4761:260,7696,281
Bolivia4221:25,1571,874
Canada4101:89,8679,887
Chile3771:46,7282,171
Germany3191:252,36827,308
England2971:187,60316,709
Ecuador2761:57,6304,999
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Belgium1401:82,11912,906
Portugal1041:100,1754,850
Paraguay971:74,6061,908
Malta841:5,122348
South Africa791:685,79449,549
Thailand781:905,620141,791
Peru431:739,16616,774
Netherlands411:411,88242,990
Colombia361:1,327,05810,324
Russia331:4,367,365205,470
Luxembourg311:18,7274,129
Philippines311:3,265,749145,701
Sweden301:328,22522,987
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
Poland231:1,652,55491,394
Israel201:427,88233,464
Romania201:1,003,89452,576
Costa Rica191:251,5832,896
Greece191:583,14770,237
China181:75,962,3094,162
Czechia181:590,74858,011
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Austria141:608,24554,975
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Burkina Faso111:1,668,37313,584
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Panama111:355,6607,645
Scotland111:486,71119,179
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Monaco101:3,707328
Norway91:571,36544,190
Wales81:386,81619,671
India71:109,580,769786,157
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belize11:355,4743,977
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England511:477,94826,685
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

Colombo (2,668) may also be a first name.

Colombo Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Italian) Same as Colomb, q.v.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from the name of a male ancestor) Italian for the Hebrew Yonah (Jonah) “dove.”

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Roger Colombie or Colunbie, of Normandy, 1180-95 (Mag. Rot. Scac.).

The Norman People (1874)

User-submitted Reference

Colombo is the Italian and original-language word of the surname Columbus, known for medieval Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. Colombo is also the largest Sri Lankan city with a municipality population of almost 753K inhabitants.

- aris.dryg11

Colombo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Colombo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Colombo occurs more in Italy more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Colombo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Colombo is the 2,903rd most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,670 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Colombo are found; 70 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 69 percent are found in Italic Europe. It is also the 141,942nd most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 2,668 people.

The last name is most widely held in Italy, where it is held by 133,381 people, or 1 in 459. In Italy Colombo is most numerous in: Lombardy, where 86 percent reside, Piedmont, where 7 percent reside and Liguria, where 2 percent reside. Besides Italy it exists in 113 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 8 percent reside and Argentina, where 7 percent reside.

Colombo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Colombo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Colombo last name expanded 23,309 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 582 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Colombo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Colombo last name are 7.08% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60.31% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Colombo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 25.71% more than the national average, earning €37,752 per year; in Norway they earn 43.63% less than the national average, earning 195,086 kr per year; in Peru they earn 91.99% more than the national average, earning S/. 37,217 per year; in South Africa they earn 189.59% more than the national average, earning R 688,176 per year; in Colombia they earn 18.81% less than the national average, earning $18,432,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 20.29% more than the national average, earning $51,905 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.97% more than the national average, earning $54,140 CAD per year.

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