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    The surname Palo

    A surname, carried by 1,361 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P400

    Palo: #19,774 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Palo #19,774, 1,361 people Palo: #19,774 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Palo #19,774, 1,361 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Palo is more common than 87.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,361 people named Palo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,852 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,184.

    #19,774
    rank among US surnames
    1,361
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.9%
    change since 2000 (was #20,754)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,774Niswonger1,361226,852
    #19,782Casagrande1,360227,019

    Who is named Palo

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

    80% of people named Palo identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.4%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Palo

    Palo has the Soundex code P400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Palo?
    1,361 people in the United States had the surname Palo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,852 Americans. It ranked 19,774th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Palo?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Palo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Palo getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,184 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,361 in 2010, up 15%.