The Palomba surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 573 people carried this name — #38,582 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 21% from 472 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Palomba surname
A nickname from palomba (“stock dove, wood pigeon”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Palomba» (Italian), 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 339 people named Palomba 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 274 people named Palomba.
Most of them — 150 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
73 people named Palomba live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Palomba.
- Palmero 718 · U.S. census
- Palmier 206 · U.S. census
- Palmieri 6,296 · U.S. census
- Palmisano 3,363 · U.S. census
- Palomar 1,344 · U.S. census
- Palomares 7,084 · U.S. census
- Palombo 1,955 · U.S. census
- Palomera 1,632 · U.S. census
- Palomino 9,313 · U.S. census
- Palomo 7,478 · U.S. census
- Palos 2,880 · U.S. census
- Paltz 113 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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