Palmerton
English
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Etymology
[edit]Possibly a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.
Proper noun
[edit]Palmerton (countable and uncountable, plural Palmertons)
- (countable) A surname.
- (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
- A borough of Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Cass County, Illinois, United States.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Palmerton is the 40610th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 538 individuals. Palmerton is most common among White (93.31%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Palmerton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- en:Boroughs in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Illinois, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Illinois, USA