The Pompa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,217 people carried this name — #7,851 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,900 people counted. That is up 19% from 3,537 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
675 people named Pompa have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 814 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 213 people named Pompa 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 63 people named Pompa.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Corsica.
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
29 people named Pompa live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 print
Pompa in American newspapers,
1921–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,038 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pompa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leon Pompa 1933– · professor
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Gaetano Pompa 1933–1998 · painter
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Gaetano Pompa 1933–1998 · painter
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Claude Pompa 1938– · politician
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Ed Pompa 1962– · racing driver
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Adriano Pompa 1965– · painter
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pompa.
- Pomar 423 · U.S. census
- Pomares 344 · U.S. census
- Pombo 703 · U.S. census
- Pomes 232 · U.S. census
- Pomier 179 · U.S. census
- Pommier 595 · U.S. census
- Pompei 563 · U.S. census
- Pompey 2,473 · U.S. census
- Pon 1,419 · U.S. census
- Ponce 49,549 · U.S. census
- Poncelet 307 · U.S. census
- Poncet 118 · U.S. census
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