The Palmas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 463 people carried this name — #46,037 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 41% from 328 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,656 people named Palmas live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 68 people named Palmas.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Maine-et-Loire.
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
23 people named Palmas live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Palmas.
- Pallares 1,755 · U.S. census
- Pallas 947 · U.S. census
- Pallin 171 · U.S. census
- Pallini 196 · U.S. census
- Palm 7,041 · U.S. census
- Palma 20,636 · 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
- Palmier 206 · U.S. census
- Palmieri 6,296 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Palmas is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.