Pompa
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Frequency: (615)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Spanish: nickname from pompa ‘pomp’, ‘splendor’.
2. Italian: occupational or topographic name from pompa ‘pump’ or perhaps a nickname from ‘pomp’, ‘pomposity’.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 25%; Italian 8%. Jose (8), Juan (5), Miguel (4), Ruben (4), Armando (3), Cruz (3), Manuel (3), Adolfo (2), Fernando (2), Margarita (2), Ramon (2), Roberto (2); Rocco (5), Romano (2), Vito (2), Angelo, Carmine, Cecilio, Domenico, Eliseo, Ermanno, Manfredo, Romeo, Sebastiano.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
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