The Palermo surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,207 people carried this name — #3,977 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,900 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
485 people named Palermo live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 349 people named Palermo.
Most of them — 220 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Hérault.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 231 people named Palermo live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Palermo in American newspapers,
1811–1951.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 111,474 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Palermo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Fra Felice da Palermo 1751–1824 · architect -
Antonio Palermo 1832–1905 · poet -
Mario Palermo 1898–1985 · lawyer -
Carlo Palermo 1947– · judge -
Vicente Palermo 1951– · Hispanicamericanist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 108 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Palermo.
- Palay 152 · U.S. census
- Palazzi 462 · U.S. census
- Palazzo 3,086 · U.S. census
- Palazzolo 3,319 · U.S. census
- Pale 345 · U.S. census
- Palenzuela 345 · U.S. census
- Paletta 566 · U.S. census
- Palin 1,021 · U.S. census
- Palis 258 · U.S. census
- Palka 1,169 · U.S. census
- Palla 538 · U.S. census
- Palladino 3,953 · U.S. census
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