Palmiter Surname

404,712th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 866 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Palmiter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palmiter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8641:419,51336,379
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2171:231,42319,482

Palmiter Last Name Facts

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

Palmiter is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palmiter? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 404,712th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 8,415,180 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Palmiter are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Palmiter is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 864 people, or 1 in 419,513. In The United States Palmiter is primarily concentrated in: Michigan, where 22 percent live, New York, where 19 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.

Palmiter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Palmiter has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 398 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Palmiter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Palmiter last name are 18.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

Palmiter earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.64% more than the national average, earning $43,857 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Palmiter
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