Palmah Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Palmah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palmah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia1021:43,2213,943
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Palmah (82) may also be a first name.

Palmah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palmah occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Palmah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,795,579th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Palmah are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,060,447th most commonly held forename internationally It is held by 82 people.

The last name Palmah is most widespread in Liberia, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 43,221. In Liberia Palmah is mostly found in: Sinoe County, where 65 percent live, Montserrado County, where 21 percent live and Grand Gedeh County, where 14 percent live. Outside of Liberia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palmash9213/
Palmach928/
Palma91442,525/
Paulmaah862/
Palmas839,986/
Paulma83441/
Pailma83290/
Palmay83261/
Palmea83214/
Palmai83159/
Palmaz83148/
Palmaa8329/
Paalma8313/
Palmat8311/
Pallma838/
Palmaj834/
Paslma831/
Palmau831/
Pallmay77510/
Pallmma7776/
Paulmaz778/
D'Palma777/
Palmais772/
Palmatt771/
Paulmay771/
Patilma771/
Palmaas771/
Palmasz771/
Palmo732,954/
Polma73261/
Pálma7329/
Põlma7315/
Palmă731/
Paatelma7137/
Pauselma713/
Palmhout711/
Palmaids711/
Peaselma711/
Palmos671,668/
Pálmai671,410/
Palmei67381/
Palmou67305/
Poolma6757/
Polmai6749/
Pálmay6748/
Palmot6730/
Palmajová6710/
Polmat679/
Polmas678/
Palmoo677/
Palmás674/
Palmayová674/
Phelma673/
Palmajova672/
Palmaiová672/
Pallmo671/
Polmahova671/
Palmeu671/
Paulmo671/
Pholma671/
Palmaiova671/
Palmoi671/
Palmoy671/
Palmoș671/
Palmáz671/
Pailmo671/
Pàlmai671/
Poulma671/
Polmay670/
Palmey670/

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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
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  • 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 Palmah
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