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    The surname Palomares

    A surname, carried by 7,084 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex P456

    Palomares: #4,964 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Palomares #4,964, 7,084 people Palomares: #4,964 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Palomares #4,964, 7,084 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Palomares is more common than 96.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,084 people named Palomares in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,584 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,817.

    #4,964
    rank among US surnames
    7,084
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +47.1%
    change since 2000 (was #6,499)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,961Suh7,08943,553
    #4,962Hannan7,08643,571
    #4,963Feller7,08543,577
    #4,964Palomares7,08443,584

    Who is named Palomares

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

    92% of people named Palomares identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.3%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Palomares

    Palomares 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 Palomares?
    7,084 people in the United States had the surname Palomares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,584 Americans. It ranked 4,964th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Palomares?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Palomares identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Palomares getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,817 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,084 in 2010, up 47%.