Palacios surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Palacios surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 30,231 people carried this name — #1,057 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,920 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 327 people named Palacios.

138 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 138
Haute-Garonne 30
Gironde 26
Bouches-du-Rhône 14
Aude 14
Paris 11
Ariège 10
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 9
Hauts-de-Seine 7

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

202 people named Palacios live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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Where they live today

Zurich 58
Geneva 55
Vaud 31
Bern 15
Fribourg 11
Basel-Stadt 6
Aargau 5
Schaffhausen 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Palacios in American newspapers,
1869–1956.

Newspaper page from New-York Tribune carrying the name Palacios
New-York Tribune 1869-08-26
Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Palacios
The New York Herald 1872-04-10
Newspaper page from The Grenada Gazette carrying the name Palacios
The Grenada Gazette 1888-10-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 70,075 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Palacios,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eloy Palacios
    Eloy Palacios 1847–1919 · painter
  • Enrique Palacios
    Enrique Palacios 1850–1879 · naval officer
  • Pedro Bonifacio Palacios
    Pedro Bonifacio Palacios 1854–1917 · writer
  • Antonio Palacios Ramilo
    Antonio Palacios Ramilo 1874–1945 · architect
  • Julián Palacios
    Julián Palacios 1880–1947 · businessperson

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 224 lives in all are documented under this name.

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