How common is the surname Palm?

7,041 people in the United States had the surname Palm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,850 Americans. It ranked 4,986th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Palm?

Gabriella Palm, Australian water polo player.

Where is the surname Palm most common?

Wikidata records people named Palm in Australia.

Is the surname Palm getting more or less common?

More common. 6,820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,041 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Palm

A surname, carried by 7,041 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Palm is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,041 people named Palm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,850 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,820.

#4,986

rank among US surnames

7,041

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,754)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,977	Tobar	7,056	43,756
#4,979	Kuhns	7,055	43,763
#4,980	Damian	7,048	43,806
#4,981	Spurgeon	7,047	43,812
#4,983	Brumley	7,046	43,819
#4,984	Brownell	7,045	43,825
#4,985	McKelvey	7,043	43,837

Who is named Palm

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

84% of people named Palm identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Palms

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gabriella Palm
Australian water polo player, born 1998

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Palm

Palm has the Soundex code P450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P450.

Questions

Where does the surname Palm come from?: From Middle High German palme, balme, related to palm (“palm tree”).
How common is the surname Palm?: 7,041 people in the United States had the surname Palm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,850 Americans. It ranked 4,986th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Palm?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Palm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Palm?: Gabriella Palm, Australian water polo player.
Where is the surname Palm most common?: Wikidata records people named Palm in Australia.
Is the surname Palm getting more or less common?: More common. 6,820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,041 in 2010, up 3.2%.