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    The surnameParker

    An occupational surname, the 56th most common in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈpɑɹkɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex P626 Also a first name

    Parker: #56 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Parker #56, 336,221 people Parker: #56 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#1,000Archer Parker #56, 336,221 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parker is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname originating as an occupation for a gamekeeper.

    Parker is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 336,221 people named Parker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 918 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 324,246.

    #56
    rank among US surnames
    336,221
    people in 2010
    114
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #51)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #47Campbell386,157800
    #48Mitchell384,486803
    #49Carter376,966819
    #50Roberts376,774819
    #51Gomez365,655844
    #52Phillips360,802856
    #53Evans355,593868

    Who is named Parker

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

    69% of people named Parker identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Parkers

    114 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sarah Jessica Parker
      American actress (born 1965)
    • Charlie Parker
      American jazz saxophonist (1920–1955)
    • Dorothy Parker
      American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967)
    • Mary-Louise Parker
      American actress (born 1964)
    • Trey Parker
      American actor, animator and filmmaker (born 1969)
    • Eleanor Parker
      American actress (1922-2013)
    • Sean Parker
      American entrepreneur, programmer and philanthropist, born 1979
    • Annise Parker
      American politician, born 1956
    • Mary Parker Follett
      American academic (1868-1933)
    • Nicole Ari Parker
      American actress, born 1970
    • Ray Parker Jr.
      American musician (born 1954)
    • Edna Ruth Parker
      American supercentenarian (1893–2008)

    Notable Parkers come mostly from the United States (88), the United Kingdom (11) and Australia (9).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Parker

    Parker has the Soundex code P626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P626.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Parker?
    336,221 people in the United States had the surname Parker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 918 Americans. It ranked 56th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Parker?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Parker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Parker?
    Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress (born 1965), followed by Charlie Parker.