Palmas Surname

51,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,986 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Palmas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palmas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy3,6231:16,8802,880
Mexico2,2221:55,8622,751
Argentina1,4581:29,3162,456
Brazil6641:322,40112,415
France3981:166,89125,994
United States3471:1,044,55076,531
Venezuela2801:107,8723,840
Spain2091:223,69414,857
Paraguay1311:55,2421,546
Philippines1171:865,28479,885
Colombia1081:442,3536,662
Portugal851:122,5685,627
Cyprus531:16,6961,922
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
England391:1,428,66862,556
Australia341:793,99150,673
Ecuador201:795,29213,165
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Cuba131:886,3636,304
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Uruguay111:311,97820,848
Nicaragua91:669,0104,135
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Honduras91:979,6054,574
Costa Rica81:597,5094,667
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
El Salvador41:1,585,9724,802
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Palmás (4) are calculated separately.

Palmas (108) may also be a first name.

Palmas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palmas (Russian: Пальмас) occurs more in Italy more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Palmás. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palmas? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 51,324th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 729,776 people. Palmas is primarily found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Palmas live; 39 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 36 percent live in Italic Europe. Palmas is also the 904,892nd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 108 people.

It is most commonly used in Italy, where it is borne by 3,623 people, or 1 in 16,880. In Italy it is most common in: Sardinia, where 87 percent live, Lombardy, where 4 percent live and Lazio, where 2 percent live. Other than Italy this surname occurs in 51 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 22 percent live and Argentina, where 15 percent live.

Palmas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Palmas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Palmas last name rose 17,350 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Palmas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Palmas surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Palmas earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Italy they earn 21.56% less than the national average, earning €23,557 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.23% less than the national average, earning $21,060,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 13.62% less than the national average, earning $37,270 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palmás944/
Palmash9213/
Palmais922/
Palmase922/
Palmasz921/
Palmaas921/
Palma91442,525/
Palmaids861/
Palmos831,668/
Paulma83441/
Pailma83290/
Palmay83261/
Palmea83214/
Palmai83159/
Palmaz83148/
Palmah83105/
Palmaa8329/
Paalma8313/
Palmat8311/
Pallma838/
Polmas838/
Palmaj834/
Palmax832/
Paslma831/
Palmac831/
Palmau831/
Pallmay77510/
Poolmas77135/
Pallmma7776/
Palmace7713/
Poulmas779/
Palmach778/
Paulmaz778/
D'Palma777/
Pholmas772/
Palmeus772/
Palmatt771/
Patilma771/
Paulmay771/
Palmost771/
Paulmos771/
Paulmax771/
Phelmas771/
Palmose770/
Palmashova7513/
Palmo732,954/
Polma73261/
Pálma7329/
Põlma7315/
Palmă731/
Paatelma7137/
Pauselma713/
Paulmaah712/
Peaselma711/
Phoolmas711/
Paulmeus711/
Pálmai671,410/
Palmei67381/
Palmou67305/
Poolma6757/
Polmai6749/
Pálmay6748/
Palmot6730/
Palmajová6710/
Polmat679/
Palmoo677/
Palmayová674/
Palmajova672/
Palmaiová672/
Pholma671/
Pàlmai671/
Poulma671/
Pallmo671/
Palmašová671/
Palmeu671/
Paulmo671/
Palmaiova671/
Palmoi671/
Palmoy671/
Palmoș671/
Palmáz671/
Pailmo671/
Palmey670/
Polmay670/

Palmas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palmas in the Russian language
Пальмасpalmas-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Palmas
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