Palumbo Surname

8,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67,511 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Palumbo Surname Definition:

(Italian) Dweller at the sign of the dove.

Palumbo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy42,6881:1,43362
United States15,7761:22,9752,882
Argentina2,1081:20,2771,716
Canada1,3511:27,2733,623
Brazil1,0481:204,2697,861
France9471:70,1409,781
Australia5561:48,5536,055
Belgium5351:21,4893,331
Venezuela4541:66,5292,914
Germany4261:188,98021,939
Switzerland3361:24,4433,851
England2851:195,50217,195
Uruguay1711:20,0692,291
Spain1551:301,62618,150
Dominican Republic1081:96,6014,209
Luxembourg1001:5,805854
Paraguay851:85,1382,089
Chile681:259,0667,750
Mexico451:2,758,36022,009
Thailand331:2,140,556247,258
Netherlands321:527,72448,879
Sweden271:364,69525,646
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Ecuador151:1,060,39014,974
Peru141:2,270,29426,427
Wales121:257,87814,969
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Monaco71:5,295668
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
China41:341,830,39216,990
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malta11:430,2723,380
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Palumbo (494) may also be a first name.

Palumbo Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Italian) Dweller at the sign of the dove.

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

Palumbo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palumbo (Russian: Палумбо) is found most frequently in Italy. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palumbo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Palumbo is the 8,439th most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 107,946 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Palumbo reside; 63 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 63 percent reside in Italic Europe. Palumbo is also the 381,888th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 494 people.

The last name Palumbo is most commonly used in Italy, where it is borne by 42,688 people, or 1 in 1,433. In Italy Palumbo is primarily found in: Campania, where 36 percent live, Apulia, where 21 percent live and Sicily, where 10 percent live. Barring Italy this surname is found in 70 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent live and Argentina, where 3 percent live.

Palumbo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Palumbo has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 197,200 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 14,250 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Palumbo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Palumbo surname are 1.8% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.43% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Palumbo earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 2.65% less than the national average, earning €29,234 per year; in Peru they earn 10.47% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,356 per year; in South Africa they earn 34.01% more than the national average, earning R 318,468 per year; in United States they earn 12.91% more than the national average, earning $48,719 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.74% more than the national average, earning $58,495 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palumbos9364/
Pallumbo936/
Paulumbo935/
Paloumbo931/
Palumboa931/
Paluumbo931/
Palujmbo931/
Paliumbo930/
Palombo8611,780/
Polumbo86321/
Palumba8634/
Palimbo8614/
Palunbo865/
Pelumbo862/
Polumbos803/
Pollumbo803/
Paulombo801/
Palomboo801/
Palunbos801/
Paloumbas7522/
Palomba7110,370/
Polombo71114/
Palimba7163/
Polumba713/
Palonbo712/
Pálombo711/
Palombá711/
Pelimbo711/
Pelumba710/
Peloumba671/
Palombha671/
Pouloumba631/
Polimba5716/
Palunua574/
Polomba573/
Pelimba571/
Palonba571/

Palumbo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palumbo in the Russian language
Палумбоpalumbo-

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