Palmén Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Palmén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 245 | 1:40,191 | 3,202 |
| Finland | 154 | 1:35,693 | 4,617 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
The alternate forms: Palmen (2,952) & Palmèn (1) are calculated separately.
Palmén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palmén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palmén is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Palmen or Palmèn. Click here for further potential spellings of Palmén.
How Common Is The Last Name Palmén? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 723,769th most common last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Palmén reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name is most common in Sweden, where it is carried by 245 people, or 1 in 40,191. In Sweden Palmén is mostly found in: Västra Götaland County, where 34 percent live, Stockholm County, where 21 percent live and Skåne County, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Sweden this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 38 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmen | 94 | 2,952 | / |
| Palmèn | 94 | 1 | / |
| Palmn | 91 | 0 | / |
| Palmin | 83 | 338 | / |
| Palmyn | 83 | 13 | / |
| Pahlmn | 83 | 1 | / |
| Palmina | 77 | 294 | / |
| Paulmin | 77 | 87 | / |
| Palmehn | 77 | 24 | / |
| Palming | 77 | 13 | / |
| Palmäng | 77 | 13 | / |
| Palmien | 77 | 10 | / |
| Palmyna | 77 | 7 | / |
| Pallmen | 77 | 3 | / |
| Paulmen | 77 | 2 | / |
| Palmhne | 77 | 1 | / |
| Palmoen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pahlmin | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pahlmen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Paulmenn | 71 | 38 | / |
| Pal'mina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paulmeun | 71 | 0 | / |
| Polmin | 67 | 16 | / |
| Palminova | 67 | 12 | / |
| Palmem | 67 | 4 | / |
| Polmen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phelmin | 62 | 6 | / |
| Pholmaen | 57 | 1 | / |
| Phoolmeng | 53 | 1 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Palmén
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis