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    The surname Palomar

    A surname, carried by 1,344 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P456

    Palomar: #19,955 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Palomar #19,955, 1,344 people Palomar: #19,955 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Palomar #19,955, 1,344 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Palomar is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,344 people named Palomar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,721 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 974.

    #19,955
    rank among US surnames
    1,344
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +38%
    change since 2000 (was #24,146)

    Who is named Palomar

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

    82% of people named Palomar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.9%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Palomar

    Palomar has the Soundex code P456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P456.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Palomar?
    1,344 people in the United States had the surname Palomar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,721 Americans. It ranked 19,955th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Palomar?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Palomar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Palomar getting more or less common?
    More common. 974 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,344 in 2010, up 38%.