Palerma Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Palerma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palerma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy901:679,51959,064
Brazil331:6,487,101155,169
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Palerma (395) may also be a first name.

Palerma Last Name Facts

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

Palerma (Russian: Палерма) is more commonly found in Italy than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palerma? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,338,236th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Palerma reside; 54 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 54 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 434,832nd most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 395 people.

The surname is most numerous in Italy, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 679,519. In Italy it is most frequent in: Abruzzo, where 67 percent live, Lazio, where 17 percent live and Lombardy, where 12 percent live. Not including Italy it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.

Palerma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Palerma has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Palerma Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Palerma earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 63.69% less than the national average, earning €10,904 per year; in United States they earn 76.86% more than the national average, earning $76,312 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.63% less than the national average, earning $46,887 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palermaa9319/
Pallerma931/
Palermo8660,060/
Palermi86504/
Palorma86440/
Palerme86131/
Palarma861/
Pallermo80205/
Palermou8032/
Palermos8018/
Pealermo801/
Palermop801/
Palermmo801/
Palermio801/
Paleermo801/
Palliermo754/
Palllermo751/
Palirmo71308/
Palormo7150/
Polermo7134/
Pelermo7121/
Palarmo714/
Pàlermo711/
Pelarma711/
Pelarmo57128/
Pelirmo575/

Palerma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palerma in the Russian language
Палермаpalerma-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Palerma
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