Pompeo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Pompeo.

Proper noun

Pompeo (plural Pompeos)

1. A surname from Italian.
   • 2021 January 19, Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, “Pompeo attacks multiculturalism, saying it is ‘not who America is’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     With one day left in his tenure, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to his taxpayer-funded Twitter account and denounced multiculturalism, saying it is “not who America is.”

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pompeo is the 31107^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 746 individuals. Pompeo is most common among White (91.96%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pompeo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Pompeius.

Proper noun

Pompeo m

1. Pompey
2. a male given name

Proper noun

Pompeo m or f by sense

1. a surname originating as a patronymic