Colombo Surname
Approximately 193,456 people bear this surname
Colombo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 133,381 | 1:459 | 5 |
| Brazil | 16,370 | 1:13,077 | 715 |
| Argentina | 14,315 | 1:2,986 | 378 |
| United States | 7,459 | 1:48,594 | 5,891 |
| Sri Lanka | 7,017 | 1:2,965 | 405 |
| France | 3,996 | 1:16,622 | 1,793 |
| Venezuela | 2,162 | 1:13,970 | 1,153 |
| Switzerland | 1,561 | 1:5,261 | 798 |
| Uruguay | 1,340 | 1:2,561 | 300 |
| Spain | 744 | 1:62,839 | 5,682 |
| Dominican Republic | 624 | 1:16,719 | 1,166 |
| Australia | 479 | 1:56,358 | 6,877 |
| Mexico | 476 | 1:260,769 | 6,281 |
| Bolivia | 422 | 1:25,157 | 1,874 |
| Canada | 410 | 1:89,867 | 9,887 |
| Chile | 377 | 1:46,728 | 2,171 |
| Germany | 319 | 1:252,368 | 27,308 |
| England | 297 | 1:187,603 | 16,709 |
| Ecuador | 276 | 1:57,630 | 4,999 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Belgium | 140 | 1:82,119 | 12,906 |
| Portugal | 104 | 1:100,175 | 4,850 |
| Paraguay | 97 | 1:74,606 | 1,908 |
| Malta | 84 | 1:5,122 | 348 |
| South Africa | 79 | 1:685,794 | 49,549 |
| Thailand | 78 | 1:905,620 | 141,791 |
| Peru | 43 | 1:739,166 | 16,774 |
| Netherlands | 41 | 1:411,882 | 42,990 |
| Colombia | 36 | 1:1,327,058 | 10,324 |
| Russia | 33 | 1:4,367,365 | 205,470 |
| Luxembourg | 31 | 1:18,727 | 4,129 |
| Philippines | 31 | 1:3,265,749 | 145,701 |
| Sweden | 30 | 1:328,225 | 22,987 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Poland | 23 | 1:1,652,554 | 91,394 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Romania | 20 | 1:1,003,894 | 52,576 |
| Costa Rica | 19 | 1:251,583 | 2,896 |
| Greece | 19 | 1:583,147 | 70,237 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| Czechia | 18 | 1:590,748 | 58,011 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Panama | 11 | 1:355,660 | 7,645 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Monaco | 10 | 1:3,707 | 328 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 51 | 1:477,948 | 26,685 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 1:1,569,334 | 83,036 |
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.
(from the name of a male ancestor) Italian for the Hebrew Yonah (Jonah) “dove.”
Roger Colombie or Colunbie, of Normandy, 1180-95 (Mag. Rot. Scac.).
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.dryg11Colombo Demographics
Average Colombo Salary in
United States
$51,905 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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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