Explore the Family Name Lomelino

The meaning of Lomelino

Portuguese and Spanish: altered form of Italian Lomellino, a habitational name from Lomello, a town in Lombardy, which is named with a diminutive of lomo ‘ridge’. Compare Lomeli. History: Lomellino (more commonly Lomellini) is the name of a noble family of Genoa, whose members established branches in Portugal and New Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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How common is the last name Lomelino in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Lomelino experienced a slight shift in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the Lomelino surname dropped from 64,385 in 2000 to 66,931 in 2010, indicating a decrease in popularity of approximately 3.95%. However, the actual count of people with this last name increased by 2.08% during the same period, rising from 289 to 295. The proportion per 100,000 people saw a decline of 9.09%, dropping from 0.11 in 2000 to 0.1 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#64,385	#66,931	-3.95%
Count	289	295	2.08%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lomelino

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of people with the Lomelino surname identified as White. There was a slight increase of 0.50% in the number of individuals identifying as White from 2000 to 2010, rising from 93.77% to 94.24%. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic fell slightly by 2.07%, from 2.42% in 2000 to 2.37% in 2010. There were no individuals with the surname Lomelino who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.77%	94.24%	0.5%
Hispanic	2.42%	2.37%	-2.07%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%