Palomo
surname · Latin script
Meaning: dividual, or metonymic occupational name for a keeper of pigeons, from Sp
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/palomo/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Palomo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country.
- ESSpain1 in 3.4K(measured from records)
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 5.2K
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 5.8K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Spain (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 254 (measured from records)
- 1 in 3.4K (inferred from the name graph)
14,622 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Spain
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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(measured from records)
dividual, or metonymic occupational name for a keeper of pigeons, from Sp. palomo pigeon (LL palumbus, class. L palumbes). The It. cogn. also has dial, meanings ‘butterfly’ and ‘dogflsh’, and it is possible that in some cases the nick¬ name has one of these senses. Var.: Palomero (occupational). Dims.: Sp.: Palomino. It.: Palombella, Palombino, Palombini. 474
Sources 1
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Where in the world(measured from records)
Palomo 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | #325 | 14,622 | 1 in 3.4K | 15K | Palomo | 162 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.3K | — | Palomo | 56 |
| US United States | — | 7,478 | 1 in 44K | 7.5K | Palomo | 254 |
| AR Argentina | #731 | 7,201 | 1 in 6.3K | 7.2K | Palomo | 61 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈5,800 est. | ≈1 in 46K | — | Palomo | 9 |
| VE Venezuela | #772 | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 8K | — | Palomo | 31 |
| GT Guatemala | #285 | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | — | Palomo | 54 |
| SV El Salvador | #399 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 5.2K | — | Palomo | 41 |
14,622 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
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)
Palomo 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 Spanish, male dove, male pigeon, cock pigeon
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, var. regional de Palombo, de matriz espanhola
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In osp, dove, pigeon
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Tony Palomob. 1931USGuam journalist and politician (1931–2013)
- Lorenzo Palomob. 1938ESSpanish composer and conductor (1938-2024)
- Julián Muñozb. 1947ESnot in their usual nameSpanish politician (1947–2024)
- Palomo Linaresb. 1947ESSpanish bullfighter (1947-2017)
- Luis Casimirob. 1960ESnot in their usual nameSpanish basketball player (born 1960)
- Eduardo Palomob. 1962MXMexican actor and singer (1962-2003)
- Juan José Gómez-Hidalgob. 1971ESnot in their usual nameSpanish politician
- Sergio Escuderob. 1989ESnot in their usual nameSpanish footballer
- Alejandro Gómez Palomob. 1992ESSpanish fashion designer
- Elena Huelvab. 2002ESnot in their usual nameSpanish cancer activist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 30 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 15K | #368 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 15K | #368 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 7.5K | #4,741 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 7.3K | #4,721 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 7.2K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 5.7K | #5,583 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Palomo come from?
- dividual, or metonymic occupational name for a keeper of pigeons, from Sp. palomo pigeon (LL palumbus, class. L palumbes). The It. cogn. Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
- How do you pronounce Palomo?
- A machine transcription gives /palomo/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Palomo have the most bearers?
- In Spain, the national register counted about 15 thousand people named Palomo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled palomo.
- Where is Palomo most common?
- Palomo is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.4 thousand people carrying it.
- What does the name Palomo mean?
- Recorded meaning: dividual, or metonymic occupational name for a keeper of pigeons, from Sp.
- How common is the name Palomo?
- In Spain, the national register counted 14,622 people named Palomo, about 1 in 3.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Palomo compared with other names?
- In Spain, Palomo is the 325th most common surname of 395,154 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/palomoThe 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, “Palomo” — the 325th most common surname in Spain. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.