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    The surname Parga

    A surname, carried by 1,892 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P620

    Parga: #15,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Parga #15,477, 1,892 people Parga: #15,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Parga #15,477, 1,892 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parga is more common than 90.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,892 people named Parga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,185 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,446.

    #15,477
    rank among US surnames
    1,892
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,846)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,471Castner1,893163,099
    #15,477Parga1,892163,185
    #15,483Gridley1,891163,271

    Who is named Parga

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

    89% of people named Parga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Parga

    Parga has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Parga?
    1,892 people in the United States had the surname Parga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,185 Americans. It ranked 15,477th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Parga?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Parga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Parga getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,446 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,892 in 2010, up 31%.