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The Lombardo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,598 people carried this name — #2,336 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 15,368 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lombardo surname

A habitational surname from the Romance languages.

From Romance (Italian Lombardo from lombardo; Spanish Lombardo from lombardo; Portuguese Lombardo from lombardo) from Latin Longobardus, from Germanic.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lombardo» (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 7,132 people named Lombardo 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 3,933
City of Buenos Aires 758
Santa Fe 741
Mendoza 502
Córdoba 277
Misiones 137
Formosa 135
Chaco 114

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 1,242 people named Lombardo.

Most of them — 766 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 61 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 766
Bouches-du-Rhône 157
Alpes-Maritimes 28
Paris 21
Seine-Saint-Denis 18
Gard 16
Var 15
Corsica 15
Charente 15

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

848 people named Lombardo live in Switzerland.

They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 254
Zurich 112
Vaud 87
Geneva 60
Aargau 55
Fribourg 44
Valais 44
Lucerne 39

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 635 people named Lombardo 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 map

Where they live today

Hainaut 339
Liège 222
Antwerp 18
Namur 17
Walloon Brabant 13
Brussels-Capital 11
Flemish Brabant 10
West Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Lombardo in American newspapers,
1943–1945.

Newspaper page from The Harlem News carrying the name Lombardo
The Harlem News 1943-12-31
Newspaper page from The Camas Hot Springs Exchange carrying the name Lombardo
The Camas Hot Springs Exchange 1943-12-30
Newspaper page from Browning Chief carrying the name Lombardo
Browning Chief 1943-11-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,332 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lombardo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Peter Lombard
    Peter Lombard 1100–1160 · bishop
  • Pietro Lombardo
    Pietro Lombardo 1435–1515 · architect
  • Concepcion Lombardo
    Concepcion Lombardo 1835–1921 · writer
  • Carlo Lombardo
    Carlo Lombardo 1869–1959 · composer
  • Antonio Trapani Lombardo
    Antonio Trapani Lombardo 1876–1958 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 212 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Lombardo 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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