![]() Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo) | |
Pronunciation | IPA: [koˈlombo] |
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Origin | |
Language(s) | Italian |
Meaning | dove, pigeon |
Region of origin | ![]() |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Columbus |
Colombo is an Italian surname meaning literally "dove". It was given to orphans. [1]
As of 2014, 66.9% of all known bearers of the surname Colombo were residents of Italy (frequency 1:458), 11.3% of Brazil (1:9,111), 7.2% of Argentina (1:2,986), 3.7% of the United States (1:48,838), 3.5% of Sri Lanka (1:2,965), 2.0% of France (1:16,850) and 1.1% of Venezuela (1:13,971).
In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:458) only in one region: Lombardy (1:85). [2]