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palo Name Meaning and History

  1. Finnish: topographic name from palo ‘field cleared by burning’, also ‘beacon’, ‘signal fire’. This name is found chiefly in Western Finland.
  2. Italian: habitational name from any of numerous places named with Palo, as for example Palo del Colle in Baria province or Portopalo in Syracuse province, Sicily.

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Distribution of palo Families in the US in 1920
Number of palo families
 12-21
 5-11		 1-4
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Threads: 10 - Messages: 51
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Looking for my sister and half brothers Carolyn Palo 3
Andrew T. Palo and Anna Jakubov bawerth1 5
Palo Balo connection Belinda Palo 5
Eevi Palo Miriam Hukkala Risner 16
Palo and Finnish geneology rsnoozy 1
Re Palo surname and history Lynne Ferris ( Palo ) 1
Palo's in Washington State Jack W. Daerth 9
Palo from Philadelphia, PA & Mantua/Wenonah, NJ LucyKinder 0
Palo/Hritcko - Carpatho Russian Betsy Walls 1
Palo T. Hoskari 0

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