The Palm surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,041 people carried this name — #4,986 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,820 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Palm surname
From Middle High German palme, balme, related to palm (“palm tree”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Palm» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 365 people named Palm 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 Liège.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
140 people named Palm live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In Poland’s population register
98 people named Palm have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 160 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 66 people named Palm.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.
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 the Nordic population registers
9,092 people named Palm are counted in Sweden, Finland and Norway.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Palm in American newspapers,
1892–1903.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,307,252 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Palm,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Georg Palm 1697–1743 · parson -
Asmund Palm 1715–1780 · consul -
François Abrahamszoon Palm 1620–1674 · military personnel
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Haraldus Palm 1628–1688 · priest
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Germund Cederhielm the elder 1635–1719 · civil servant
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Gustaf Palmfelt 1646–1694 · civil servant
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Palm.
- Palladino 4,115 · U.S. census
- Pallardy 209 · U.S. census
- Pallares 1,755 · U.S. census
- Pallas 947 · U.S. census
- Pallin 171 · U.S. census
- Pallini 196 · U.S. census
- Palma 20,636 · U.S. census
- Palmas 463 · U.S. census
- Palmer 156,601 · U.S. census
- Palmeri 2,426 · U.S. census
- Palmerini 113 · U.S. census
- Palmero 718 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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