Palo-Palo
surname · Latin script
Palo-Palo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 200K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 19Mfew records
- USUnited States≈1 in 260Mfew records
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 15 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 201K (inferred from the name graph)
≈580 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Palopalo in PH Philippines, US United States, GB United Kingdom.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where the surname Palo-Palo is found
(measured from records)Palo-Palo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 201K | Palopalo | 15 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 19M | Palopalo | 7 |
| US United States | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 263M | Palopalo | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Palo-Palo is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Cebuano, a batlet; a short bat for beating clothes when washing them; a washing paddle
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Filipino, alternative form of palupalo
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, PALO-PALO . Palote(s) . Idazten ere ez baigendun ikasi. Emendik Ameriketaraño argi-indarra jartzeko aña palo-palo egiña nauk ni . Ataño TxanKan 14.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- Which countries have the most people with the surname Palo-Palo?
- Mondonomo estimates about 577 people named Palo-Palo in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled palopalo. After it come United Kingdom and United States; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Palo-Palo?
- Mondonomo estimates about 580 people in the Philippines have Palo-Palo as their first surname, about 1 in 201 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
What do you want to know about Palo-Palo?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/palo-paloThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Palo-Palo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.