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    The surname Palmore

    A surname, carried by 3,271 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P456

    Palmore: #9,884 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Palmore #9,884, 3,271 people Palmore: #9,884 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Palmore #9,884, 3,271 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Palmore is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,271 people named Palmore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,389 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,043.

    #9,884
    rank among US surnames
    3,271
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.5%
    change since 2000 (was #9,813)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,877Portis3,27494,302
    #9,879Soltis3,27394,331
    #9,881Ugarte3,27294,360
    #9,884Blakemore3,27194,389
    #9,890Reeser3,27094,418

    Who is named Palmore

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

    55% of people named Palmore identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 55%
    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Palmore

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Palmore?
    3,271 people in the United States had the surname Palmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,389 Americans. It ranked 9,884th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Palmore?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Palmore identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Palmore getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,043 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,271 in 2010, up 7.5%.