Palomá Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Palomá Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palomá Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia241:1,990,58612,178
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Paloma (14,923) & Palomà (1) are calculated separately.

Palomá Last Name Facts

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

Palomá occurs more in Colombia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Paloma or Palomà. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palomá? popularity and diffusion

The surname Palomá is the 3,798,600th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Palomá occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Palomá reside; 89 percent reside in South America and 89 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

This last name is most frequently used in Colombia, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 1,990,586. Besides Colombia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cuba, where 4 percent are found and Finland, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paloma9414,923/
Palomà941/
Palomo8380,954/
Palome83483/
Palomi8333/
Palomé8316/
Palouma773,783/
Palomas77996/
Palomer77860/
Palomaa77349/
Palomes77109/
Paulomi7742/
Palomio7735/
Paliomo7735/
Palomos7728/
Palyoma7722/
Palomet7721/
Paloume7713/
Palloma7712/
Paloumy779/
Pauloma779/
Paulomo778/
Paloumi774/
Palomat773/
Palomés773/
Pallomo773/
Palomoi773/
Palomey772/
Paslomi772/
Palomno772/
Paloumé772/
Patlomi772/
Paloima771/
Palomei771/
Palomez771/
Palomoa771/
Pallome771/
Palomed771/
Paaloma771/
Palomay771/
Palomaz771/
Phaloma771/
Palhomi771/
Palommo771/
Paloumet7116/
Palhomaa7116/
Pailomaa718/
Pallouma714/
Palloumi714/
Palloume711/
Paulomaa711/
Pallomes711/
Paulomah711/
Paloumis711/
Paliomis711/
Paulhome711/
Pallomme711/
Palommos710/
Palama672,515/
Palamy671,042/
Palano67932/
Palamo67920/
Poloma67358/
Palami67347/
Polome67229/
Polomi67224/
Palame67223/
Polomé67172/
Palono6770/
Polomo6764/
Palamà6747/
Paalosmaa6730/
Palaño6715/
Palona6714/
Polomy672/
Paloña671/
Paloño671/
Polomaová671/

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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 Palomá
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