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    The surname Palmgren

    A Swedish surname, carried by 549 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P452

    Palmgren: #39,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Palmgren #39,960, 549 people Palmgren: #39,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Palmgren #39,960, 549 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Palmgren is more common than 75.4% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Borrowed from Swedish Palmgren, an ornamental surname composed of the elements palm (“palm”) and gren (“branch”).

    One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 549 people named Palmgren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 562,378 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 528.

    #39,960
    rank among US surnames
    549
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #39,240)

    Who is named Palmgren

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

    96% of people named Palmgren identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Palmgren

    Palmgren has the Soundex code P452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P452.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Palmgren come from?
    Borrowed from Swedish Palmgren, an ornamental surname composed of the elements palm (“palm”) and gren (“branch”).
    How common is the surname Palmgren?
    549 people in the United States had the surname Palmgren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 562,378 Americans. It ranked 39,960th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Palmgren?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Palmgren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Palmgren getting more or less common?
    More common. 528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 549 in 2010, up 4.0%.