The surname DiPalma
A surname, carried by 1,539 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex D145
Origin
From Italian di and Palma, originally spelled Di Palma. The Italian surname Palma itself ultimately comes from the word palma (“palm”). "Di Palma" could possibly have originated as a way to identify that a person was from one of a few places in Italy called Palma.
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How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,539 people named DiPalma in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 200,614 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,451.
Who is named DiPalma
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named DiPalma identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like DiPalma
DiPalma has the Soundex code D145, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D145.
Questions
- Where does the surname DiPalma come from?
- From Italian di and Palma, originally spelled Di Palma. The Italian surname Palma itself ultimately comes from the word palma (“palm”). "Di Palma" could possibly have originated as a way to identify that a person was from one of a few places in Italy called Palma.
- How common is the surname DiPalma?
- 1,539 people in the United States had the surname DiPalma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,614 Americans. It ranked 18,098th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname DiPalma?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named DiPalma identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname DiPalma getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,451 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,539 in 2010, up 6.1%.