The Palos surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,880 people carried this name — #11,040 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 102,000 people counted. That is up 20% from 2,402 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 142 people named Palos 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 73 people named Palos.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Hérault.
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 Poland’s population register
69 people named Palos have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 83 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
35 people named Palos is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Palos in American newspapers,
1891–1900.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 230,015 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Palos,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mauro Franco Palos 1933– · association football player
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Dimi Palos 1941–2018 · singer
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Dimi Palos 1941–2018 · singer
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Javier Palos 1955– · Catholic priest
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Joan Lluís Palos Peñarroya 1960– · writer
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Brett Palos 1974– · businessperson
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Palos.
- 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
- Palomo 7,478 · 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
- Paly 112 · U.S. census
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