# Palm (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/palm/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname mainly of Scandinavian origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,041 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,986 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 43,850 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (6,820 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle High German palme, balme, related to palm (“palm tree”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Palm in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Palm in Australia.

## People named Palm

- Gabriella Palm, Australian water polo player

## Similar surnames

Palma, Palomo, Plum, Palen, Pulliam, Paulino, Pullen, Phelan, Poulin, Paulin, Pelham, Pilon.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.