The Palau surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 743 people carried this name — #31,211 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 43% from 520 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 670 people named Palau live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 519 people named Palau.
103 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Palau live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Palau.
- Paladini 230 · U.S. census
- Palama 185 · U.S. census
- Palamara 372 · U.S. census
- Palanca 402 · U.S. census
- Palao 317 · U.S. census
- Palas 329 · U.S. census
- Palay 149 · U.S. census
- Palazzi 377 · U.S. census
- Palazzo 3,203 · U.S. census
- Palazzolo 3,374 · U.S. census
- Pale 366 · U.S. census
- Palenzuela 476 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Palau is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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