Palmroth

Palmroth is a Swedish-language surname, more common in Finland than in Sweden.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 57.5% of all known bearers of the surname Palmroth were residents of Finland (frequency 1:20,743), 25.2% of Sweden (1:84,886), 8.9% of Germany (1:1,956,796), 6.3% of the United States (1:12,456,941) and 1.7% of Estonia (1:165,209).

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:20,743) in the following regions:

• 1. Pirkanmaa (1:5,958)
• 2. Southwest Finland (1:8,961)
• 3. South Ostrobothnia (1:11,522)
• 4. Ostrobothnia (1:12,414)
• 5. Satakunta (1:15,246)

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:84,886) in the following counties:

• 1. Södermanland County (1:23,268)
• 2. Örebro County (1:28,520)
• 3. Västmanland County (1:28,819)
• 4. Stockholm County (1:40,793)
• 5. Jämtland County (1:42,753)
• 6. Uppsala County (1:69,953)

People

• Pertti Palmroth (1931-2020), Finnish footwear designer
• Tero Palmroth (born 1953), Finnish driver in the CART Championship Car series
• Minna Palmroth, professor in computational space physics at the University of Helsinki
• Markus Palmroth (born 1989), Finnish ice hockey defenceman