Finnish: topographic name from palo ‘field cleared by
burning’, also ‘beacon’, ‘signal fire’. This name is found chiefly in
Western Finland.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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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