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    The surname Palacio

    A surname, carried by 8,400 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex P420

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Palacio is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    From either Spanish palacio ("palace") or Portuguese palácio ("palace").

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,400 people named Palacio in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,755 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,860.

    #4,220
    rank among US surnames
    8,400
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.4%
    change since 2000 (was #4,731)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,215Almaraz8,40436,738
    #4,217Hutto8,40336,742
    #4,218Delrosario8,40236,747
    #4,220Palacio8,40036,755

    Who is named Palacio

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    82% of people named Palacio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Palacios

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Rodrigo Palacio
      Argentine association football player, born 1982
    • R. J. Palacio
      American author (born 1963)
    • Milt Palacio
      Belizean basketball player (born 1978)
    • Andy Palacio
      Belizean musician (1960–2008)

    Notable Palacios come mostly from Belize (2), Argentina (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Palacio

    Palacio has the Soundex code P420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P420.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Palacio come from?
    From either Spanish palacio ("palace") or Portuguese palácio ("palace").
    How common is the surname Palacio?
    8,400 people in the United States had the surname Palacio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,755 Americans. It ranked 4,220th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Palacio?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Palacio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Palacio?
    Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine association football player, followed by R. J. Palacio.
    Where is the surname Palacio most common?
    Wikidata records people named Palacio in Belize, Argentina and the United States.
    Is the surname Palacio getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,860 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,400 in 2010, up 22%.