The Pazo Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

Start with the numbers and the Pazo surname comes into focus.

Researching the origin

Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Pazo, so we research it family by family rather than guess.

Sound-alike surnames

Spanish register data show 2,099 residents carrying Pazo as first surname, and 1,932 as second surname. Each Spaniard has two surnames, so the same name is counted once as first and once as second surname. Pazo sounds close to Paz and Pozo, so it can help to search both.

Arms associated with the name

Sharing the Pazo name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

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