The Pallas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 947 people carried this name — #25,935 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is down 16% from 1,126 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pallas surname
A surname from Occitan.
Borrowed from Occitan Pallàs.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pallas» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 406 people named Pallas.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Gironde.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 276 people named Pallas 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
61 people named Pallas live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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.
In the Nordic population registers
119 people named Pallas is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Pallas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Peter Simon Pallas 1741–1811 · naturalist
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Peter Simon Pallas 1741–1811 · naturalist
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Karl Pallas 1860–1933 · theologian
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Gustav Pallas 1882–1964 · translator
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Robert Pallas 1884– · agronomist
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Aleksander Pallas 1887–1939 · lawyer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pallas.
- Palis 230 · U.S. census
- Palka 1,190 · U.S. census
- Palla 662 · U.S. census
- Palladino 4,115 · U.S. census
- Pallardy 209 · U.S. census
- Pallares 1,755 · U.S. census
- Pallin 171 · U.S. census
- Pallini 196 · U.S. census
- Palm 7,041 · U.S. census
- Palma 20,636 · U.S. census
- Palmas 463 · U.S. census
- Palmer 156,601 · U.S. census
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