Last Name PALM

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Jewish, Dutch, Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Chilean, Estonian, Austrian, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank	4,754 (2000 US census)	5,024 (1990 US census)

Count	6,820 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

87.52%, or 5969 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
8.31%, or 567 total occurrences, as black,
0.82%, or 56 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.28%, or 19 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.98%, or 67 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.08%, or 142 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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