Palmero

surname · Latin script

Meaning: someone who claps rhythmically in flamenco performances

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/palmeɾo/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Palmero is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 463K(measured from records)
  • ESSpain1 in 11K
  • UYUruguay1 in 22K

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.

Spain (measured from records)

4,523 people

Sources
162 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)

Spain

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

someone who claps rhythmically in flamenco performances

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Palmero 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.

Where Palmero is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain—4,5231 in 11K4.5KPalmero49
AR Argentina—1,3191 in 34K1.3K—1
US United States—7181 in 463K813Palmero162
BR Brazil—1581 in 1.3M158—1
UY Uruguay—1551 in 22K155——
NO Norway—121 in 456K12—2
HM Heard & McDonald Islands#566———Palmero1

4,523 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Palmero is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, Spain, United States

    Also written Palméro

  • Portuguese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Philippines, Spain, United States

    Also written Pâlmërö, Palméro

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Philippines, United States, Spain

    Also written Palméro

  • Swedish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

    Also written Palmerö

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Manuel Antonio de Palmero, b. 1706Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero, b. 1832Emilio Palmero, b. 1895Alfredo Palmero de Gregorio, b. 1901Juan Palmero, b. 1903Rafael Palmero, b. 1936Diego Palmero, b. 1951Patrick Palmero, b. 1953Faustino Palmero, b. 1965

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Palmero,Dear Palmero, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Palmero,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 23 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Palmero
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—4.5K#1,162
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—4.5K#1,162
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—1.3K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020813#30,686
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010718#32,123
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000615#34,757
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—158#44,459
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—155—
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—12#52,146
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Palmero mean, and where does it come from?
someone who claps rhythmically in flamenco performances Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Palmero?
A machine transcription gives /palmeɾo/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Palmero have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 4.5 thousand people named Palmero, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled palmero.
Where is Palmero most common?
Palmero is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 11 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Palmero?
In Spain, the national register counted 4,523 people named Palmero, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
How common is Palmero compared with other names?
In Heard & McDonald Islands, Palmero is the 566th most common surname of 1,376 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Palmero” — the 566th most common surname in Heard & McDonald Islands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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