Palmgren Surname

113,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,060 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Palmgren Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palmgren Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden2,4041:4,096393
United States8621:420,48636,437
Finland4461:12,3241,858
Denmark971:58,1935,922
Norway891:57,7788,270
Luxembourg301:19,3514,315
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
England151:3,714,537119,675
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
France61:11,070,454349,096
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
China21:683,660,78330,601
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Malta11:430,2723,380
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

The alternate forms: Palmgrén (13) are calculated separately.

Palmgren Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palmgren (Russian: Палмгрен) is found most frequently in Sweden. It may also be found as a variant: Palmgrén. Click here for other potential spellings of Palmgren.

How Common Is The Last Name Palmgren? popularity and diffusion

It is the 113,912th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,794,962 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Palmgren live; 75 percent live in Northern Europe and 75 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is held by 2,404 people, or 1 in 4,096. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 25 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 13 percent live and Skåne County, where 13 percent live. Beside Sweden Palmgren exists in 29 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent live and Finland, where 11 percent live.

Palmgren Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Palmgren has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Palmgren last name expanded 3,315 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Palmgren Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Palmgren last name are 17.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.46% being registered with the political party.

The amount Palmgren earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 8.64% less than the national average, earning 316,162 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.14% more than the national average, earning $44,503 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.95% less than the national average, earning $38,777 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Palmgren Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palmgren in the Russian language
Палмгренpalmgren-

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Footnotes

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