How common is the surname Palmieri?

6,296 people in the United States had the surname Palmieri in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,038 Americans. It ranked 5,522nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Palmieri?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Palmieri identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Palmieri?

Eddie Palmieri, American musician, followed by Kyle Palmieri.

Where is the surname Palmieri most common?

Wikidata records people named Palmieri in the United States and Italy.

Is the surname Palmieri getting more or less common?

More common. 6,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,296 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Palmieri

An Italian surname, carried by 6,296 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex P456

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Palmieri is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Palmieri.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,296 people named Palmieri in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,038 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,183.

#5,522

rank among US surnames

6,296

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,192)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,518	Runyan	6,301	48,999
#5,520	Halvorson	6,298	49,023
#5,521	Speck	6,297	49,031
#5,522	Hodson	6,296	49,038

Who is named Palmieri

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

94% of people named Palmieri identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Palmieris

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eddie Palmieri
American musician, 1936–2025
Kyle Palmieri
American ice hockey player, born 1991
Gianpiero Palmieri
born 1966
Nick Palmieri
American ice hockey player, born 1989

Notable Palmieris come mostly from the United States (3) and Italy (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Palmieri

Palmieri has the Soundex code P456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P456.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Palmieri come from?: Borrowed from Italian Palmieri.
How common is the surname Palmieri?: 6,296 people in the United States had the surname Palmieri in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,038 Americans. It ranked 5,522nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Palmieri?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Palmieri identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Palmieri?: Eddie Palmieri, American musician, followed by Kyle Palmieri.
Where is the surname Palmieri most common?: Wikidata records people named Palmieri in the United States and Italy.
Is the surname Palmieri getting more or less common?: More common. 6,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,296 in 2010, up 1.8%.