Pomposo

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in Spanish: pompous, highfalutin (kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations))

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020

/pomposo/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated

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Pomposo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mexico than in any other country.

  • MXMexico≈1 in 90K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ESSpain1 in 311K
  • ITItaly≈1 in 440K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Mexico (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,500 people, est.

Record sources
57 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 90K (inferred from the name graph)

Mexico, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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How to pronounce Pomposo

  • Spanish:/pomposo/(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

ceremonious and dignified

Cited for this meaning 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

How Pomposo is read

(measured from records)

Pomposo is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Spanish74%

    pompous, highfalutin

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    Latín Pomposus, de pompa 'procesión, solemnidad'; pasó a 'ostentoso, magnífico'.

    as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios

  • English15%

    ceremonious and dignified

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where the surname Pomposo is found

(measured from records)

Pomposo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Pomposo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MX Mexico≈1,500 est.≈1 in 90K21Pomposo57
US United States2081 in 1.6M208Pomposo49
ES Spain1611 in 311K161Pomposo34
IT Italy≈140 est.≈1 in 437Klisted——
PH Philippines≈120 est.≈1 in 982K—Pomposo7
CL Chile≈14 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Pomposo5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); the xinhua-italian-manual register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other recorded senses

(measured from records)

Pomposo is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Italian, magnificent, grand, stately

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Portuguese, pompous (affectedly grand)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Grezni, krāšņi; pārspīlēti svinīgi

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence

(measured from records)

12 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Pomposo come from?
ceremonious and dignified Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Pomposo?
In the etymology graph, Pompa is a form of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Pomposo?
In Spanish /pomposo/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
What does the name Pomposo mean?
In Spanish, pompous, highfalutin
Which countries have the most people with the surname Pomposo?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 thousand people named Pomposo in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pomposo. After it come United States, Spain, Italy and Philippines; the country table on this page ranks them.
How common is the name Pomposo?
In the United States, the national register counted 208 people named Pomposo in 2010, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pomposo” — ranked 4210th in Mexico (RENAPO). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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