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    The surname Parent

    A surname, carried by 11,193 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P653

    Parent: #3,225 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Parent #3,225, 11,193 people Parent: #3,225 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Parent #3,225, 11,193 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parent is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,193 people named Parent in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,584 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,874.

    #3,225
    rank among US surnames
    11,193
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #3,057)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,217Ruvalcaba11,22027,517
    #3,218Newsom11,21827,522
    #3,219Shipp11,21727,525
    #3,220Dao11,21127,540
    #3,222Sage11,20727,549
    #3,223Brockman11,20427,557
    #3,224Nino11,20227,562

    Who is named Parent

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Parent identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Parents

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mary Parent
      American film executive, born 1968
    • Marie Parent
      Belgian journal editor, feminist and suffragist, 1853–1934

    Notable Parents come mostly from the United States (1) and Belgium (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Parent

    Parent has the Soundex code P653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P653.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Parent?
    11,193 people in the United States had the surname Parent in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,584 Americans. It ranked 3,225th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Parent?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Parent identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Parent?
    Mary Parent, American film executive, followed by Marie Parent.
    Where is the surname Parent most common?
    Wikidata records people named Parent in the United States and Belgium.
    Is the surname Parent getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,874 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,193 in 2010, up 2.9%.