Palmela Surname

506,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 648 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Palmela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palmela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal3871:26,9211,745
Brazil2331:918,77432,884
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Palmela (104) may also be a first name.

Palmela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palmela occurs most in Portugal. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palmela? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 506,165th most frequent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 11,246,213 people. Palmela is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Palmela live; 60 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 60 percent live in Iberian Europe. It is also the 925,156th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 104 people.

The surname Palmela is most widespread in Portugal, where it is held by 387 people, or 1 in 26,921. Aside from Portugal it exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 36 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Palmela Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Palmela last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Palmela earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.21% less than the national average, earning R 70,788 per year and in United States they earn 62.52% more than the national average, earning $70,125 USD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Palmela
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