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 occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palmiter? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 404,712th most common last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 8,415,180 people. The last name Palmiter is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Palmiter live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 864 people, or 1 in 419,513. In The United States Palmiter is most common in: Michigan, where 22 percent are found, New York, where 19 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 5 percent are found. Not including The United States Palmiter is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.

Palmiter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Palmiter has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 398 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Palmiter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Palmiter are 18.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.43% 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
  • 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 Palmiter
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