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Across the world, Pompeo (Pompeo , Pompéo , Pompeius ) is quite a common male forename. The first name Pompeo is characteristic of San Marino, where it is a common masculine name, Italy, where it is quite a rare male name, and Philippines, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Italy, Philippines, and Peru. Also, Pompeo is the last name as well as the forename.
Pompeo is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Pompeo , the operatic character in the opera Farnace (Vivaldi); Pompeo , the operatic character in the opera Il Pompeo by Alessandro Scarlatti and Pompeo , the operatic character in the opera Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz; friend of Fieramosca.