# Palacios (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/palacios/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 43,798 |
| US rank (2010) | 789 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,049 people |
| Change since 2000 | +45% (30,231 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From either Spanish palacios ("palaces") or Portuguese palácios ("palaces"), or from Palacio + -s.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Palacios in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 94% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Palacios in Argentina, Mexico and Germany.

## People named Palacios

- Exequiel Palacios, Argentine association football player
- Sebastián Palacios, Argentinian footballer
- Pedro Bonifacio Palacios, Argentine poet (1854–1917)
- Matías Palacios, Argentine association football player (2002-)
- Alfredo Palacios, Argentine politician
- Ezequiel Palacios, Argentinian volleyball player
- Kiana Palacios, American–Mexican association football player
- Federico Palacios, association football player
- Trueno, Argentine rapper and singer (born 2002)

## Similar surnames

Polasek, Polacek, Placek, Policastro.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.