Last Name PALMER

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Meaning	The Palmer, a pilgrim to the Holy Land. 'The faded palm-branch in his hand, Showed pilgrim from the Holy Land.' Scott. A pilgrim, so called from the palm-branch, which he constantly carried as a pledge of his having been in the Holy Land. "Here is a holy Palmer come, Prom Salem first, and last from Rome." Scott's Marmion.

Origin	English, Jewish, Spanish, Greek, Swedish, Chilean, Irish, Falkland, Austrian, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank	158 (2000 US census)	151 (1990 US census)

Count	150,407 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

77.87%, or 117122 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
17.31%, or 26035 total occurrences, as black,
0.45%, or 677 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.83%, or 1248 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.62%, or 2437 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.93%, or 2903 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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