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    The surname Palomera

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,632 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex P456

    Palomera: #17,323 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Palomera #17,323, 1,632 people Palomera: #17,323 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Palomera #17,323, 1,632 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Palomera is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish.

    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 1,632 people named Palomera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,182 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,115.

    #17,323
    rank among US surnames
    1,632
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +46.4%
    change since 2000 (was #21,754)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,319Schmeling1,634188,951
    #17,322Noakes1,633189,066
    #17,323Galo1,632189,182
    #17,331Uhler1,631189,298

    Who is named Palomera

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

    98% of people named Palomera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 1.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 98%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Palomera

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Palomera come from?
    Palomera is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Palomera?
    1,632 people in the United States had the surname Palomera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,182 Americans. It ranked 17,323rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Palomera?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Palomera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 1.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Palomera getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,632 in 2010, up 46%.