The Palmieri surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,183 people carried this name — #5,192 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,700 people counted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,303 people named Palmieri 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 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 512 people named Palmieri.
191 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
440 people named Palmieri live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 133 people named Palmieri 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.
In print
Palmieri in American newspapers,
1876–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,329 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Palmieri,
with a public archive behind them.
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Niccolò Palmieri 1401–1467 · presbyter -
Matteo Palmieri 1406–1475 · poet -
Andrea Matteo Palmieri 1493–1537 · bishop -
Giuseppe Palmieri 1721–1793 · politician -
Filoteo Palmieri 1801–1900
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 168 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Palmieri.
- 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
- Palmisano 3,325 · U.S. census
- Palomar 974 · U.S. census
- Palomares 4,817 · U.S. census
- Palomba 472 · U.S. census
- Palombo 1,859 · U.S. census
- Palomera 1,115 · U.S. census
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