as a Last Name
- 9,388
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Palermo
Meaning & Origins
Italian and Jewish (from Italy): habitational name from the Sicilian city of Palermo, the Greek name of which is Panormos, from pan ‘all’ + ormos ‘gulf’, ‘bay’, probably in the sense ‘wide gulf’, but possibly ‘well-protected bay’.
| 3,818th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 9,388
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Palermo per capita
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