as a Last Name
- 1,188
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Palka
Meaning & Origins
Polish (Pałka): from pałka ‘truncheon’, ‘club’, used as a nickname applied either to a thin or stiff person, or to one who used a truncheon as a weapon.
| 20,239th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,188
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Illinois
- has the most people named Palka per capita
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