The Palma surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 14,339 people carried this name — #2,312 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,800 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
631 people named Palma live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 442 people named Palma.
157 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often La Réunion.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
319 people named Palma have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 377 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Palma 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Palma.
- Pallardy 183 · U.S. census
- Pallares 1,259 · U.S. census
- Pallas 1,126 · U.S. census
- Pallin 171 · U.S. census
- Pallini 207 · U.S. census
- Palm 6,820 · U.S. census
- Palmas 328 · U.S. census
- Palmer 150,407 · U.S. census
- Palmeri 2,143 · U.S. census
- Palmerini 103 · U.S. census
- Palmero 615 · U.S. census
- Palmier 220 · U.S. census
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