La Palma Surname

716,247th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 408 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

La Palma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

La Palma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela2281:132,4744,302
Argentina951:449,93133,821
Italy331:1,853,23386,897
Uruguay251:137,27012,322
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
France61:11,070,454349,096
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

La Palma Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name La Palma Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name La Palma is held by more people in Venezuela than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of La Palma click here.

How Common Is The Last Name La Palma? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 716,247th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 17,861,632 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of La Palma reside; 86 percent reside in South America and 56 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Venezuela, where it is held by 228 people, or 1 in 132,474. In Venezuela La Palma is mostly found in: Bolívar, where 81 percent live, Anzoátegui, where 4 percent live and Amazonas, where 4 percent live. Beside Venezuela it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 23 percent live and Italy, where 8 percent live.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to La Palma
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