Lapalme Surname

168,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,573 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Lapalme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lapalme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada2,0591:17,8952,540
United States4891:741,22558,038
France191:3,495,933219,029
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Lapalme Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lapalme is borne by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lapalme? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 168,030th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 2,832,315 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Lapalme are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Gallo-North America.

The surname is most frequently used in Canada, where it is carried by 2,059 people, or 1 in 17,895. In Canada Lapalme is primarily concentrated in: Quebec, where 78 percent live, Ontario, where 19 percent live and British Columbia, where 1 percent live. Barring Canada this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Lapalme Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lapalme last name are 13.88% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 67.11% being registered with the political party.

The amount Lapalme earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.02% less than the national average, earning $41,846 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.85% less than the national average, earning $43,298 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lapalmer9312/
Lapalm92291/
Lapalma862,080/
Lepalme864/
Lapolme860/
Lopalm771/
Lapholm7118/
Lopalma713/
Lopeilem531/
Loipolmaa501/

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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 Lapalme
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