The surname Palafox
A Spanish place surname, carried by 5,793 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex P412
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish, probably a habitational surname referring to Palafolls, Catalonia.
Palafox is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,793 people named Palafox in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,296 Americans. That is up 51% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,827.
Who is named Palafox
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Palafox identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.8%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.6%
- Two or more races 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Palafox come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish, probably a habitational surname referring to Palafolls, Catalonia.
- How common is the surname Palafox?
- 5,793 people in the United States had the surname Palafox in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,296 Americans. It ranked 5,945th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Palafox?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Palafox identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- What type of surname is Palafox?
- Palafox is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Palafox getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,793 in 2010, up 51%.