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English
Etymology
From Galician.
Proper noun
Pombo (plural Pombos)
- A surname from Galician.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pombo is the 32676th 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
Proper noun
Pombo
- 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.