Palm Surname

11,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49,534 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Palm Surname Definition:

(Swedish) Palm tree.

Palm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany10,7691:7,476941
United States9,9631:36,3814,514
Sweden7,9611:1,237102
Burkina Faso7,9161:2,318323
Ghana2,5631:10,5431,407
South Africa1,8241:29,7033,824
Netherlands1,1031:15,3102,308
Estonia9281:1,42458
Denmark8621:6,548600
Finland7581:7,2521,136
Australia5061:53,3516,583
Belgium5021:22,9023,602
Canada4221:87,3129,659
Norway3931:13,0851,497
Brazil3491:613,39422,828
Ivory Coast2201:104,8695,380
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
France2071:320,88348,728
England1851:301,17922,911
Thailand1781:396,84569,813
Dominican Republic1541:67,7463,226
Panama1381:28,3501,690
Austria1271:67,05110,326
Switzerland1061:77,4808,969
Venezuela951:317,9387,174
Iran881:872,52942,309
Poland861:441,96245,671
Suriname831:6,6581,580
Mexico671:1,852,63018,093
Russia581:2,484,880144,115
Aruba551:1,881275
Papua New Guinea521:156,80221,647
Croatia421:100,68116,054
Czechia421:253,17834,142
New Zealand421:107,81714,061
Spain341:1,375,06044,096
Curaçao331:4,765122
Barbados321:8,983725
Chile281:629,16015,000
India281:27,395,192354,286
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Nigeria211:8,435,369179,591
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Malaysia171:1,734,95470,664
Italy131:4,704,361107,811
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Saint Lucia101:17,8781,399
Taiwan101:2,344,47514,894
Pakistan91:19,849,32172,658
Serbia91:793,88326,061
China71:195,331,65210,124
Monaco71:5,295668
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
El Salvador51:1,268,7784,375
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Colombia41:11,943,51826,735
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Luxembourg41:145,1366,519
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England371:658,79432,071
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1131:45,1205,222

Palm (631) may also be a first name.

Palm Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Swedish) Palm tree.

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

Palm Last Name Facts

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

Palm (Arabic: بالم, Hindi: पालम, Russian: Пальм) occurs most in Germany. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palm? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 11,344th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 147,122 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 49 percent of Palm reside; 26 percent reside in Western Europe and 24 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 331,447th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 631 people.

The surname Palm is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 10,769 people, or 1 in 7,476. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 35 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 12 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname exists in 109 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Sweden, where 16 percent reside.

Palm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Palm has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Palm last name rose 895 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Palm Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Shiite (33%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Palm are 10.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.36% registered with the political party.

The amount Palm earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 3.04% more than the national average, earning 356,601 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 64.02% more than the national average, earning R 389,784 per year; in United States they earn 1.31% more than the national average, earning $43,713 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.13% more than the national average, earning $53,224 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palme897,007/
Pahlm8977/
Pallm8919/
Phalm899/
Palmø898/
Palmå895/
Paulm895/
Palmt892/
Pailm891/
Palhm891/
Paulme80643/
Pallme80148/
Paalme8012/
Palmhe801/
Pfaulm801/
Phalme801/
Patlem801/
Patelm801/
Polm75387/
Põlm7538/
Palmova73309/
Palmová73221/
Patelmd731/
Polme6792/
Põlme6723/
Palmehed677/
Phelm671/
Pollm671/
Pelhm671/
Peulm670/
Poolme605/
Potlem604/
Peilem601/
Pfolmm601/
Polmová5578/
Peyselm551/
Polmova551/

Palm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palm in the Hindi language
पालमpalama-
Palm in the Russian language
Пальмpalm-
Palm in the Arabic language
بالمbalm-

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