The Lomba surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 663 people carried this name — #34,223 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 8% from 614 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lomba surname
Habitational surname from Portuguese and Galician Lomba, from Galician lomba (“mountain ridge”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lomba» (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 128 people named Lomba 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 67 people named Lomba.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 67 people named Lomba live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
26 people named Lomba live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Lomba,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Ramón Lomba de la Pedraja 1868–1951 · university teacher
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Raimundo Lomba González 1901–2000 · politician
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Marco Aurelio López Lomba 1920–1970 · painter
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Rick Lomba 1950–1994 · film director
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Hermann Lomba 1960– · athletics competitor
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Mauro Lomba 1962– · architect
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lomba.
- Loignon 137 · U.S. census
- Loiseau 847 · U.S. census
- Loisel 415 · U.S. census
- Loiselle 2,004 · U.S. census
- Loll 513 · U.S. census
- Lolli 459 · U.S. census
- Lombard 5,873 · U.S. census
- Lombardi 14,227 · U.S. census
- Lombardini 139 · U.S. census
- Lombardo 15,598 · U.S. census
- Lombardy 262 · U.S. census
- Lomont 116 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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