Pombo

See also: pombo

English

Etymology

From Galician.

Proper noun

Pombo (plural Pombos)

1. A surname from Galician.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pombo is the 32676^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 703 individuals. Pombo is most common among White (51.78%) and Hispanic/Latino (43.95%) individuals.

Galician

Etymology

From pombo (“wood pigeon”), from Latin palumbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔmbo̝/

Proper noun

Pombo

1. a surname

References

• "Pombo" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.