The Palazzo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,203 people carried this name — #10,064 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 91,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,086 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Palazzo surname
From palazzo (“palace”), from Latin palātium (“palace, large residence”), from Palātium (“Palatine”), one of the seven hills of Rome.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Palazzo» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,381 people named Palazzo 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
209 people named Palazzo live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 113 people named Palazzo.
Most of them — 61 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 20 people named Palazzo live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Palazzo in American newspapers,
1911–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,484 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Palazzo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luigi Palazzo 1861–1933 · physicist -
Benedetto Palazzo 1892–1955 · friar
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Benedetto Palazzo 1892–1955 · friar
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Agostino Palazzo 1921–2005 · sociologist
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Agostino Palazzo 1921–2005 · sociologist
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Vittoria Palazzo 1929– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Palazzo.
- Palanca 402 · U.S. census
- Palao 317 · U.S. census
- Palas 329 · U.S. census
- Palau 743 · U.S. census
- Palay 149 · U.S. census
- Palazzi 377 · U.S. census
- Palazzolo 3,374 · U.S. census
- Pale 366 · U.S. census
- Palenzuela 476 · U.S. census
- Palermo 8,165 · U.S. census
- Paletta 537 · U.S. census
- Palin 898 · U.S. census
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