The Pombo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 703 people carried this name — #32,676 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 17% from 600 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,709 people named Pombo 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
69 people named Pombo live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Pombo.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 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.
Who carried it
People named Pombo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rafael Pombo 1833–1912 · writer -
Manuel Pombo 1827–1898 · lawyer
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Arturo Pombo Villameriel 1839–1893
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Rocha Pombo 1857–1933 · writer
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Juan Pombo Ybarra 1881–1939 · aircraft pilot
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Luis Eduardo Pombo 1900–1976 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pombo.
- Poly 134 · U.S. census
- Polycarpe 326 · U.S. census
- Polynice 666 · U.S. census
- Poma 1,250 · U.S. census
- Pomar 423 · U.S. census
- Pomares 344 · U.S. census
- Pomes 232 · U.S. census
- Pomier 179 · U.S. census
- Pommier 595 · U.S. census
- Pompa 4,217 · U.S. census
- Pompei 563 · U.S. census
- Pompey 2,473 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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