The surname Palomo
A surname, carried by 7,478 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex P450
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 7,478 people named Palomo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,287 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,705.
Who is named Palomo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Palomo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
- White (not Hispanic) 6.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 4.2%
- Two or more races 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Palomo has the Soundex code P450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P450.
Questions
- How common is the surname Palomo?
- 7,478 people in the United States had the surname Palomo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,287 Americans. It ranked 4,741st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Palomo?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Palomo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Palomo getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,478 in 2010, up 31%.