Palmer Family History
Palmer Name Meaning
English: from Middle English, Old French palmer, paumer (from palme, paume ‘palm tree’, Latin palma), a nickname for someone who had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Such pilgrims generally brought back a palm branch as proof that they had actually made the journey, but there was a vigorous trade in false souvenirs, and the term also came to be applied to a cleric who sold indulgences.Swedish (Palmér): ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér, from Latin -erius ‘descendant of’.Irish: when not truly of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted by bearers of Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford) perhaps because they were from an ecclesiastical family.German: topographic name for someone living among pussy willows (see Palm 2). EXG EG deled former sense 4.German: from the personal name Palm (see Palm 3).
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Name Distribution of Palmer Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Palmer families
 1,417 - 2,832  473 - 1,416 |
 1 - 472  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Palmer families
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3,360 - 6,718 1,121 - 3,359 |
1 - 1,120 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Palmer families
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129 - 255 44 - 128 |
1 - 43 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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