Palman Surname

307,612th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,228 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Suriname

Palman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines3541:285,98441,189
United States2901:1,249,85888,263
Russia801:1,801,538116,326
Suriname581:9,5282,431
England441:1,266,32057,817
Hungary401:245,40719,663
Netherlands391:433,00544,158
Kazakhstan341:520,07337,773
Australia311:870,82953,581
India261:29,502,515369,827
Switzerland261:315,88124,844
Poland261:1,461,87585,446
Czechia211:506,35652,868
Austria181:473,08046,251
Croatia171:248,74126,882
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Slovakia111:485,13257,527
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

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

Palman (317) may also be a first name.

Palman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palman (Hindi: पालमन, Russian: Пальман, Tibetan: པལ་མན་) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Palmãn. For other possible spellings of Palman click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Palman? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 307,612th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 5,934,484 people. The surname Palman is mostly found in Asia, where 39 percent of Palman live; 29 percent live in Southeast Asia and 25 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 493,198th most prevalent given name globally It is held by 317 people.

This surname is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 354 people, or 1 in 285,984. In The Philippines Palman is primarily concentrated in: Northern Mindanao, where 41 percent live, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 12 percent live and Soccsksargen, where 8 percent live. Apart from The Philippines this last name occurs in 39 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent live and Russia, where 7 percent live.

Palman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Palman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Palman last name increased 806 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 629 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Palman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Palman last name is principally Orthodox (86%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Palman surname are 3.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.25% registered with the party.

The amount Palman earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 0.15% less than the national average, earning $43,083 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.43% less than the national average, earning $38,538 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Palman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palman in the Hindi language
पालमनpalamana85.71
पलमनpalamana14.29
Palman in the Tibetan language
པལ་མན་palmen36.36
པཱལ་མཱན་palmen36.36
དཔལ་མཱན་palmen9.09
དཔལ་མན་palmen9.09
པཱལ་མན་palmen9.09
Palman in the Russian language
Пальманpalman-

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Footnotes

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