The Palomo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,478 people carried this name — #4,741 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,400 people counted. That is up 31% from 5,705 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 7,201 people named Palomo 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 92 people named Palomo.
43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Gironde.
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
47 people named Palomo live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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
Palomo in American newspapers,
1900–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,427 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Palomo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Odilia Palomo Paíz 1919–1985 · teacher -
Francisco de Borja Palomo y Rubio 1822–1898 · writer
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Francisco de Borja Palomo y Rubio 1822–1884 · writer
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José Epila 1868–1923 · playwright
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Emilio Palomo Aguado 1898–1964 · writer
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Luis Palomo 1906– · sport shooter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Palomo.
- Palomar 1,344 · U.S. census
- Palomares 7,084 · U.S. census
- Palomba 573 · U.S. census
- Palombo 1,955 · U.S. census
- Palomera 1,632 · U.S. census
- Palomino 9,313 · U.S. census
- Palos 2,880 · U.S. census
- Paltz 113 · U.S. census
- Palu 407 · U.S. census
- Paluch 1,409 · U.S. census
- Palumbo 11,005 · U.S. census
- Palus 265 · U.S. census
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