The palma Surname
palma Name Meaning and History
- Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and southern Italian: habitational name from any of various places named or named with Palma, from Latin palma ‘palm’.
- Portuguese: habitational name for someone from Parma in Italy.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 46 - Messages: 132
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Palma's from Monteleone di Puglia, Italy | Tony Palma | 4 |
| I'm a Palma | Estanislado Palma 4 | 2 |
| Palma's in Peru and the USA |
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| Joseph Palma mother Gale Cavanaugh | Susan Palma | 3 |
| Palma Family Crest and results from research | Palma from Philadelphia | 12 |
| Most "Palma" families in USA might be realistically of Italian Origin from Naples |
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| 0 |
| Yanetta PALMA | elaine | 0 |
| My Grandfather's Relatives;Felix Palma Sr. 10-12-1900/06-1982 | Sherri A. Palma | 10 |
| Tobia Palma | Philip Palma | 0 |
| Joseph Palma, Staten Island, NY |
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| 5 |
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