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
Palm Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Palm Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palm Come From? nationality or country of origin
Palm (Arabic: بالم, Hindi: पालम, Russian: Пальм) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Palm? popularity and diffusion
The last name Palm is the 11,344th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 147,122 people. Palm occurs mostly in Europe, where 49 percent of Palm are found; 26 percent are found in Western Europe and 24 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 331,447th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 631 people.
The last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 10,769 people, or 1 in 7,476. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 35 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 12 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 9 percent reside. Not including Germany Palm exists in 109 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Sweden, where 16 percent reside.
Palm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Palm has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Palm last name grew 895 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Palm Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Shiite (33%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Palm last name are 10.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.36% being registered to vote for 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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