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The Pompei surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 563 people carried this name — #39,117 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 15% from 491 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Pompei surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From the personal name Pompeo.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pompei» (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 449 people named Pompei 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 260
Santa Fe 109
City of Buenos Aires 56
Córdoba 12
Río Negro 12

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 75 people named Pompei.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 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

Born outside France 24
Corsica 20
Bouches-du-Rhône 8
Var 7
Paris 6
Isère 3
Morbihan 2
Alpes-Maritimes 2
Moselle 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

31 people named Pompei live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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

Aargau 7
Lucerne 5
Appenzell Innerrhoden 4
Ticino 4
Vaud 4
Zurich 4
Geneva 3

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

Pompei in American newspapers,
1873–1910.

Newspaper page from Staunton Spectator carrying the name Pompei
Staunton Spectator 1873-10-14
Newspaper page from The Times carrying the name Pompei
The Times 1895-07-21
Newspaper page from Washington Standard carrying the name Pompei
Washington Standard 1910-05-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,248 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Pompei,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Orazio Pompei
    Orazio Pompei 1516–1596 · ceramicist
  • Orazio Pompei
    Orazio Pompei 1516–1590 · ceramicist
  • Girolamo Pompei d. 1530 · military leader
  • Giuseppina Pompei d. 2005 · Catholic theologian
  • Alessandro Pompei 1705–1772 · writer
  • Girolamo Pompei 1731–1788 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Pompei.

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