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The Coloma surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,686 people carried this name — #16,894 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted. That is up 25% from 1,346 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Coloma surname

From Spanish Coloma, a common Filipino and Hispanic surname.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Coloma» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 467 people named Coloma live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 142
Santa Fe 79
Río Negro 73
City of Buenos Aires 51
Córdoba 31
Chubut 28
Mendoza 21
Corrientes 14

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 83 people named Coloma.

Most of them — 45 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Hérault.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 45
Hérault 9
Haute-Garonne 7
Bouches-du-Rhône 5
Essonne 3
Paris 2
Hauts-de-Seine 2
Seine-Saint-Denis 1
Rhône 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Coloma,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carlos Coloma
    Carlos Coloma 1567–1637 · military personnel
  • Ernest Coloma
    Ernest Coloma 1747–1825 · art collector
  • Aniceto Coloma
    Aniceto Coloma 1859–1921 · businessperson
  • Rafael Coloma 1600–1700 · composer
  • Rafael Coloma 1600–1700 · composer
  • Francisco Coloma y Maceda 1617–1678 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Coloma is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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