Family name Polo (Polo 
, Polus 
, 波罗 
, among others...) , around the globe, is a widespread last name. The last name Polo is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Colombia, where it is quite a common surname, Peru, and Panama (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Colombia, Peru, and Algeria. Very seldom, Polo is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Polo | Algeria, Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Peru |
| Polus | Spain, United States, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela |
| 波罗 | China |
| بولو | Iran, Sudan, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq |
| ポロ | Japan |
| پولو | Iran |
| Поло | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| โปโล | Thailand |
| פולו | Israel |
| polo troconis VE (b. 20) |
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niccolò polo Italian explorer, FR (b. 1200) |
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marco polo Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia, IT (b. 1254) |
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| matteo polo Italian merchant (1252-1309), IT (b. 1252) |
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| fantina polo Italian noble woman, IT (b. 1303) |
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agnolo di polo Italian sculptor (1470-1528), FR (b. 1470) |
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| domenico di polo (b. 1480) |
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| polo de ondegardo Spanish historian and civil servant, ES (b. 1520) |
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| diego polo el mayor Spanish baroque painter, ES (b. 1560) |
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| salvador jacinto polo de medina Spanish writer and poet, ES (b. 1603) |
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| diego polo Spanish artist (c.1619-c.1655), ES (b. 1619) |
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| juan bautista pes y polo Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1661) |
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| bernardo polo Spanish artist, ES (b. 1686) |
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| josé rafael polo Mexican military cavalry commander and defender of Zitácuaro (1781-1814), MX (b. 1781) |
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henri polo FR (b. 1825) |
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