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    The surname Palmatier

    A surname, carried by 1,521 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex P453

    Palmatier: #18,262 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Palmatier #18,262, 1,521 people Palmatier: #18,262 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Palmatier #18,262, 1,521 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Palmatier is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,521 people named Palmatier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,989 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,397.

    #18,262
    rank among US surnames
    1,521
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.9%
    change since 2000 (was #18,312)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,253Berberich1,522202,855
    #18,262Raybon1,521202,989

    Who is named Palmatier

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

    94% of people named Palmatier identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Palmatier

    Palmatier has the Soundex code P453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P453.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Palmatier?
    1,521 people in the United States had the surname Palmatier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,989 Americans. It ranked 18,262nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Palmatier?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Palmatier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Palmatier getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,397 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,521 in 2010, up 8.9%.