Palmera
surname · Latin script
Meaning: palm (tree)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Palmera is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- BRBrazil1 in 366K(measured from records)
- ESSpain1 in 641K
- ARArgentina1 in 2.4M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 25 (measured from records)
- 1 in 366K (inferred from the name graph)
579 people
Highest-authority source
Brazil
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
palm (tree)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Palmera counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | 579 | 1 in 366K | 579 | — | — |
| ES Spain | 78 | 1 in 641K | 78 | — | 2 |
| AR Argentina | 19 | 1 in 2.4M | 19 | — | — |
| FR France | — | — | — | Palmera | 25 |
| PH Philippines | — | — | — | Palmera | 5 |
579 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Palmera is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Cebuano, the parlor palm (Chamaedorea elegans)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Asturian, palm tree (tropical tree)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, palmier . Palmera. Izena palmiera duen zuhain edo arbola eder bat erdi-erdian. Jnn SBi 114. Palmera luze bat. Anab Aprika 50. Palmera-tartean, noizpeinka, etxe kaxkarrak. Ib. 28.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 579 | #14,911 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 78 | #32,767 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 78 | #32,674 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 19 | — |
Reference works 1
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Palmera mean, and where does it come from?
- palm (tree) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Palmera have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 579 people named Palmera, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Palmera most common?
- Palmera is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 366 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Palmera?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 579 people named Palmera, about 1 in 366 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Palmera?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/palmeraThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Palmera”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.