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    The surname Parham

    A surname, carried by 15,846 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P650

    Parham: #2,302 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Parham #2,302, 15,846 people Parham: #2,302 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Parham #2,302, 15,846 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parham is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,846 people named Parham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,484 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,387.

    #2,302
    rank among US surnames
    15,846
    people in 2010
    5.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,164)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,293Valdivia15,89519,424
    #2,294Jernigan15,88919,431
    #2,295Schwarz15,88419,438
    #2,296Gale15,86619,460
    #2,297Chapa15,86519,461
    #2,298Prather15,86019,467
    #2,299Seals15,85819,469

    Who is named Parham

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

    47% of people named Parham identified as Black (not Hispanic), 46% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 47%
    • White (not Hispanic) 46%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Parhams

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lennon Parham
      American actress, born 1976

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Parham

    Parham has the Soundex code P650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Parham?
    15,846 people in the United States had the surname Parham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,484 Americans. It ranked 2,302nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Parham?
    In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Parham identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 46% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Parham?
    Lennon Parham, American actress.
    Where is the surname Parham most common?
    Wikidata records people named Parham in the United States.
    Is the surname Parham getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,387 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,846 in 2010, up 3.0%.