Palmers Surname
Approximately 763 people bear this surname
Palmers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 372 | 1:30,905 | 5,001 |
| Netherlands | 125 | 1:135,097 | 20,820 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Palmers Demographics
Average Palmers Salary in
United States
$18,906 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Palmers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palmers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palmers is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Palmers click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palmers? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 446,740th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 9,551,174 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Palmers are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 64 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Palmers is most widespread in Belgium, where it is borne by 372 people, or 1 in 30,905. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 6 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Belgium it occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 16 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 12 percent are found.
Palmers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Palmers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Palmers last name increased 1,350 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Palmers Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Palmers earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 49.43% less than the national average, earning R 120,180 per year and in United States they earn 56.18% less than the national average, earning $18,906 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
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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
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