Palk is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Palk
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Palk

How popular is Palk?

Palk is ranked 196365 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Palks plummeted by 0.660066 per cent to 301 since 2000 and slipped by 3927 spots and ranked at 65782. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 64.45 72.28
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 23.59 23.1
Others 6.98 1.65
Black 1.99 2.64
Palk is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Estonia. Around 1764 people have been found who wears Palk as their family name. Palk is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
275,830 Ukraine8
46,707 New Zealand5
661,536 Indonesia3
147,165 Czech Republic2
30,360 Thailand1
31,584 Peru1
20,172 Hungary1
50,549 Georgia1
169,904 Brazil1
25,746 Finland1
24,421 Slovakia1
36,678 Singapore1
118,015 Netherlands1
18,969 Wales1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
285,118 India39
17,489 Denmark30
42,407 Sweden22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,621 Canada89
Countries with hundreds of Palk:
58,029 United States443
15,929 England355
19,321 South Africa310
485 Estonia306
19,124 Australia134
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Physician William Palk from Great Britain aboard the Yorkshire from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 58 years old when he arrived in USA on October 27, 1847.

Palk Namesakes

  • Aarne Palkki, Author
  • Adrienn Palkovics-Kaibás, Model
  • László Amand Palkovics, Plant Pathologist
  • Marianna Palka, Screenwriter
  • Krisztián Palkovics, Ice hockey player
  • Krystyna Palka, Biathlete
  • Łukasz Palkowski, Film director
  • Marianna Palka, Screenwriter
  • Miklós Palkovits, Physician
  • Mithila Palkar, Actor

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