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Early Origins of the Palomo family

The surname Palomo was first found in Andalucia, in southern Spain where they held a family seat.

Early History of the Palomo family

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Palomo Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Paloma, Palloma, Palama, Palomares, Palomar, Palomer, Palomaro, Pallomar and many more.

Early Notables of the Palomo family

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Palomo Ranking

In the United States, the name Palomo is the 6,476th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1


United States Palomo migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Palomo Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Garcia Palomo who arrived in Rio de la Plata in 1535
  • Antonio Palomo who immigrated to Colombia in 1559
Palomo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Perico Palomo, who landed in America in 1813 2
  • Gonzalo Palomo, who landed in America in 1817 2
  • Garcia Palomo, who arrived in Rio de la Plata in 1835 2
  • Francisco Palomo, who landed in New Spain in 1836 2
  • Ramon Palomo who was naturalized in Mobile, Alabama in 1849
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Palomo (post 1700) +

  • Eduardo Palomo (1962-2003), American actor
  • Lorenzo Palomo (1938-2024), Spanish composer and conductor
  • Félix Palomo Saavedra (1937-2022), Spanish politician, member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he served in the Senate of Spain from 1977 to 1982 and was President of the Parliament of La Rioja from 1983 to 1987 and again from 1988 to 1995
  • Antonio Delgado Palomo (1958-2021), Spanish gold medalist at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, born in Seville
  • Victor Palomo, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing driver
  • Ana Belén Palomo (b. 1977), Spanish Olympic freestyle swimmer
  • Gene Palomo, Filipino television director
  • Bo Palomo, Filipino television director
  • Víctor Mena Palomo, Governor of Yucatán (1953 - 1958)
  • Florencio Palomo Valencia, Mexican politician, Governor of Yucatán (1963 - 1938)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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