The Lombard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,873 people carried this name — #5,875 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,755 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 7,610 people named Lombard.
152 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 6 births for the Lombard name in 1890.
Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 300 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “All in Cork.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 188 people named Lombard 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 179 people named Lombard 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
155 people named Lombard live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In the Nordic population registers
57 people named Lombard is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Lombard in American newspapers,
1905.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 248,327 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lombard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lambert Lombard 1505–1566 · architect -
Lambert Lombard 1505–1566 · architect
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Berthod Lombard d. 1428
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Johannes Lombard d. 1428
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Johanneta Lombard d. 1428
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Benjamin Lombard d. 1911
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lombard.
- 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
- Lomba 663 · 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
- Long 229,374 · U.S. census
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