How common is the surname Palko?

1,592 people in the United States had the surname Palko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,936 Americans. It ranked 17,651st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Palko?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Palko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Palko most common?

Wikidata records people named Palko in the United States.

Is the surname Palko getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,592 in 2010, down 6.9%.

The surname Palko

A surname, carried by 1,592 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Palko is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,592 people named Palko in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,936 Americans. That is down 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,710.

#17,651

rank among US surnames

1,592

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-6.9%

change since 2000 (was #15,691)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,651	Heidel	1,592	193,936
#17,657	Dattilo	1,591	194,058

Who is named Palko

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

95% of people named Palko identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Palkos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cage
American rapper, born 1973

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Palko

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

Questions

How common is the surname Palko?: 1,592 people in the United States had the surname Palko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,936 Americans. It ranked 17,651st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Palko?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Palko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Palko?: Cage, American rapper.
Where is the surname Palko most common?: Wikidata records people named Palko in the United States.
Is the surname Palko getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,592 in 2010, down 6.9%.