Pálma Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Iceland

Pálma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pálma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary251:392,65127,081
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

The alternate forms: Palma (442,525) & Palmă (1) are calculated separately.

Pálma (1,372) may also be a first name.

Pálma Last Name Facts

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

Pálma has its highest incidence in Hungary. It may appear as: Palma or Palmă. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pálma? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pálma is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Pálma is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pálma are found; 90 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 86 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe. Pálma is also the 211,452nd most widespread first name globally, held by 1,372 people.

The surname Pálma is most frequently used in Hungary, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 392,651. In Hungary Pálma is mostly found in: Baranya County, where 32 percent are found, Vas County, where 32 percent are found and Tolna County, where 24 percent are found. Aside from Hungary it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 3 percent are found and Iceland, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palma93442,525/
Pálmai911,410/
Pálmay9148/
Palmă871/
Polma80261/
Põlma8015/
Pálmi802/
Palmas739,986/
Paulma73441/
Pailma73290/
Palmay73261/
Palmea73214/
Palmai73159/
Palmaz73148/
Palmah73105/
Poolma7357/
Polmai7349/
Palmaa7329/
Paalma7313/
Palmat7311/
Polmat739/
Polmas738/
Pallma738/
Palmaj734/
Palmau731/
Pholma731/
Poulma731/
Paslma731/
Pálmer731/
Pàlmai731/
Polmay730/
Pálmaiová7132/
Pálmayová718/
Pallmay67510/
Poolmas67135/
Poilema6791/
Pallmma6776/
Pholmai6721/
Palmash6713/
Pholmat679/
Poulmas679/
Paulmaz678/
Palmach678/
Palmaya677/
D'Palma677/
Palmaja672/
Poolmad672/
Pholmas672/
Palmais672/
Palmaas671/
Poulmma671/
Pholmma671/
Paulmay671/
Patilma671/
Palmasz671/
Palmatt671/
Põllmaa671/
Poulmai671/
Potelma671/
Phoolma671/
Pollmay670/

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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 Pálma
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