The Palama surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 185 people carried this name — #98,099 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 22% from 152 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Palama.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 2 départements, most often La Réunion.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Palama live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Palama,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maria Palama 2000– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Palama.
- Pakula 493 · U.S. census
- Pal 3,844 · U.S. census
- Pala 623 · U.S. census
- Palacio 8,400 · U.S. census
- Palacios 43,798 · U.S. census
- Paladini 230 · U.S. census
- Palamara 372 · U.S. census
- Palanca 402 · U.S. census
- Palao 317 · U.S. census
- Palas 329 · U.S. census
- Palau 743 · U.S. census
- Palay 149 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Palama is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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