The Palazzolo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,374 people carried this name — #9,627 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 87,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,319 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Palazzolo surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
From Late Latin Palatiolum, from palatium (“a palace; large residence”) + -olum (diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, palazzo + -olo.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Palazzolo» (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 533 people named Palazzolo 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 80 people named Palazzolo.
Most of them — 62 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
53 people named Palazzolo live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
In print
Palazzolo in American newspapers,
1908–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 258 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Palazzolo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Aloisius Palazzolo 1827–1886 · presbyter -
Lauro Palazzolo 1410–1465 · jurist
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Giuliano Palazzolo 1871–1950 · church historian
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Giuliano Palazzolo 1871–1950 · church historian
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Giovanni Palazzolo 1896–1972 · politician
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Giovanni Palazzolo 1896–1972 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Palazzolo.
- 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
- Palazzo 3,203 · 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
- Palis 230 · U.S. census
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