How common is the surname Depalma?

4,324 people in the United States had the surname Depalma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,403 Americans. It ranked 7,677th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Depalma?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Depalma identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Depalma?

Brian De Palma, American film director and screenwriter.

Where is the surname Depalma most common?

Wikidata records people named Depalma in the United States.

Is the surname Depalma getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,324 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Depalma

An Italian surname, carried by 4,324 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D145

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Depalma is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian De Palma.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,324 people named Depalma in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,403 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,357.

#7,677

rank among US surnames

4,324

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,080)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,673	Kellner	4,329	71,320
#7,674	Ratcliffe	4,327	71,353
#7,676	Flake	4,326	71,370
#7,677	Espitia	4,324	71,403
#7,680	Kushner	4,323	71,419

Who is named Depalma

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Depalma identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Depalmas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brian De Palma
American film director and screenwriter, born 1940

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Depalma

DiPalma

Depalma has the Soundex code D145, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D145.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Depalma come from?: Borrowed from Italian De Palma.
How common is the surname Depalma?: 4,324 people in the United States had the surname Depalma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,403 Americans. It ranked 7,677th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Depalma?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Depalma identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Depalma?: Brian De Palma, American film director and screenwriter.
Where is the surname Depalma most common?: Wikidata records people named Depalma in the United States.
Is the surname Depalma getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,324 in 2010, down 0.8%.