Palermo Surname

9,426th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60,060 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Palermo Surname Definition:

(Italian) One who came from Palermo (the spacious harbor), in Italy.

Palermo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy20,8371:2,935244
United States11,5301:31,4363,923
Philippines11,4921:8,809815
Argentina4,8741:8,770865
Brazil3,4171:62,6502,334
Canada1,1241:32,7814,247
France1,0631:62,4868,539
Australia8171:33,0424,367
Uruguay7671:4,474514
Germany4071:197,80222,786
Venezuela3991:75,6993,121
Mexico3861:321,5707,043
Algeria3631:106,42315,542
Belgium3561:32,2945,233
Peru3431:92,6656,119
Switzerland2971:27,6534,242
Spain2021:231,44615,208
Colombia2021:236,5055,284
England1881:296,37322,665
Dominican Republic1851:56,3942,803
Portugal751:138,9106,177
Malaysia551:536,25926,457
Netherlands491:344,63638,971
Russia441:3,275,524171,933
Thailand441:1,605,417210,847
Indonesia431:3,075,563171,061
Tanzania411:1,291,25946,697
Panama391:100,3143,825
Cuba381:303,2295,351
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Romania281:717,06748,956
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Israel231:372,07130,321
Ecuador221:722,99312,618
Paraguay201:361,8375,406
Chile201:880,82418,509
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Puerto Rico171:208,8322,248
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Costa Rica121:398,3393,755
Serbia111:649,54122,440
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Finland91:610,74534,002
Wales91:343,83718,086
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
China51:273,464,31313,838
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Mauritius31:431,13912,721
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Brunei11:418,7313,893
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Show All Nations
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

The alternate forms: Pàlermo (1) are calculated separately.

Palermo (3,032) may also be a first name.

Palermo Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Italian) One who came from Palermo (the spacious harbor), in Italy.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith
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Palermo Demographics

Average Palermo Salary in
United States

$48,169 USD

Per year
Rank:
459,531 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00335095
Rank: 3,681 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
111.63%
Sample size: 5,933 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States

Palermo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palermo (Russian: Палермо) occurs most in Italy. It may also be found as: Pàlermo. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Palermo? popularity and diffusion

Palermo is the 9,426th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 121,338 people. Palermo occurs mostly in Europe, where 39 percent of Palermo reside; 35 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 35 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 131,243rd most frequently held given name in the world. It is borne by 3,032 people.

Palermo is most common in Italy, where it is borne by 20,837 people, or 1 in 2,935. In Italy it is primarily found in: Sicily, where 35 percent live, Calabria, where 17 percent live and Campania, where 9 percent live. Excluding Italy Palermo exists in 85 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and The Philippines, where 19 percent live.

Palermo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Palermo has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 104,818 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Palermo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Palermo are 0.71% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.94% registered with the political party.

The amount Palermo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 9.24% less than the national average, earning €27,256 per year; in Peru they earn 10.52% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,345 per year; in South Africa they earn 188% more than the national average, earning R 684,408 per year; in Colombia they earn 11.55% less than the national average, earning $20,080,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.63% more than the national average, earning $48,169 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.53% more than the national average, earning $56,405 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pàlermo951/
Pallermo93205/
Palermou9332/
Palermos9318/
Palermop931/
Palermmo931/
Paleermo931/
Pealermo931/
Palliermo884/
Palllermo881/
Palirmo86308/
Palerma86167/
Palormo8650/
Polermo8634/
Pelermo8621/
Palarmo864/
Palermaa8019/
Pallerma801/
Palorma71440/
Pelarmo71128/
Pelirmo715/
Palarma711/
Pelarma571/
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Palermo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palermo in the Russian language
Палермоpalermo-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Palermo
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