# Parfait (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/parfait/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French [in turn transferred from the nickname].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,117 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,906 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 276,406 people |
| Change since 2000 | +24% (899 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Parfait in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 35% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 44% |
| Two or more races | 3.9% |

## Similar surnames

Profitt, Profit, Proffit, Parfitt, Proffitt, Privett, Privette, Prophet, Prevatt, Prophete, Prevatte, Privitera.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.