Palm Surname
Approximately 49,534 people bear this surname
Palm Surname Definition:
(Swedish) Palm tree.
Palm Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 10,769 | 1:7,476 | 941 |
| United States | 9,963 | 1:36,381 | 4,514 |
| Sweden | 7,961 | 1:1,237 | 102 |
| Burkina Faso | 7,916 | 1:2,318 | 323 |
| Ghana | 2,563 | 1:10,543 | 1,407 |
| South Africa | 1,824 | 1:29,703 | 3,824 |
| Netherlands | 1,103 | 1:15,310 | 2,308 |
| Estonia | 928 | 1:1,424 | 58 |
| Denmark | 862 | 1:6,548 | 600 |
| Finland | 758 | 1:7,252 | 1,136 |
| Australia | 506 | 1:53,351 | 6,583 |
| Belgium | 502 | 1:22,902 | 3,602 |
| Canada | 422 | 1:87,312 | 9,659 |
| Norway | 393 | 1:13,085 | 1,497 |
| Brazil | 349 | 1:613,394 | 22,828 |
| Ivory Coast | 220 | 1:104,869 | 5,380 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| France | 207 | 1:320,883 | 48,728 |
| England | 185 | 1:301,179 | 22,911 |
| Thailand | 178 | 1:396,845 | 69,813 |
| Dominican Republic | 154 | 1:67,746 | 3,226 |
| Panama | 138 | 1:28,350 | 1,690 |
| Austria | 127 | 1:67,051 | 10,326 |
| Switzerland | 106 | 1:77,480 | 8,969 |
| Venezuela | 95 | 1:317,938 | 7,174 |
| Iran | 88 | 1:872,529 | 42,309 |
| Poland | 86 | 1:441,962 | 45,671 |
| Suriname | 83 | 1:6,658 | 1,580 |
| Mexico | 67 | 1:1,852,630 | 18,093 |
| Russia | 58 | 1:2,484,880 | 144,115 |
| Aruba | 55 | 1:1,881 | 275 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| Croatia | 42 | 1:100,681 | 16,054 |
| Czechia | 42 | 1:253,178 | 34,142 |
| New Zealand | 42 | 1:107,817 | 14,061 |
| Spain | 34 | 1:1,375,060 | 44,096 |
| Curaçao | 33 | 1:4,765 | 122 |
| Barbados | 32 | 1:8,983 | 725 |
| Chile | 28 | 1:629,160 | 15,000 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Italy | 13 | 1:4,704,361 | 107,811 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Saint Lucia | 10 | 1:17,878 | 1,399 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Serbia | 9 | 1:793,883 | 26,061 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| El Salvador | 5 | 1:1,268,778 | 4,375 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 1:145,136 | 6,519 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 37 | 1:658,794 | 32,071 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,113 | 1:45,120 | 5,222 |
Palm (631) may also be a first name.
Palm Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Swedish) Palm tree.
Palm Demographics
Average Male Palm Height
175.89 cm
Average Female Palm Height
163.46 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Palm Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palm Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palm (Arabic: بالم, Hindi: पालम, Russian: Пальм) is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palm? popularity and diffusion
The surname Palm is the 11,344th most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 147,122 people. The last name Palm is predominantly found 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 frequently used first name on earth, held by 631 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 10,769 people, or 1 in 7,476. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 35 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 12 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Germany this last name exists in 109 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Sweden, where 16 percent are found.
Palm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Palm has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Palm surname 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 chiefly Shiite (33%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Palm surname are 10.59% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.36% registered with the 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palme | 89 | 7,007 | / |
| Pahlm | 89 | 77 | / |
| Pallm | 89 | 19 | / |
| Phalm | 89 | 9 | / |
| Palmø | 89 | 8 | / |
| Palmå | 89 | 5 | / |
| Paulm | 89 | 5 | / |
| Palmt | 89 | 2 | / |
| Pailm | 89 | 1 | / |
| Palhm | 89 | 1 | / |
| Paulme | 80 | 643 | / |
| Pallme | 80 | 148 | / |
| Paalme | 80 | 12 | / |
| Palmhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pfaulm | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phalme | 80 | 1 | / |
| Patlem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Patelm | 80 | 1 | / |
| Polm | 75 | 387 | / |
| Põlm | 75 | 38 | / |
| Palmova | 73 | 309 | / |
| Palmová | 73 | 221 | / |
| Patelmd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Polme | 67 | 92 | / |
| Põlme | 67 | 23 | / |
| Palmehed | 67 | 7 | / |
| Phelm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pollm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelhm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peulm | 67 | 0 | / |
| Poolme | 60 | 5 | / |
| Potlem | 60 | 4 | / |
| Peilem | 60 | 1 | / |
| Pfolmm | 60 | 1 | / |
| Polmová | 55 | 78 | / |
| Peyselm | 55 | 1 | / |
| Polmova | 55 | 1 | / |
Palm Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palm in the Hindi language | ||
| पालम | palama | - |
| Palm in the Russian language | ||
| Пальм | palm | - |
| Palm in the Arabic language | ||
| بالم | balm | - |
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