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    The surname Parkerson

    A patronymic surname, carried by 2,103 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P626

    Parkerson: #14,252 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Parkerson #14,252, 2,103 people Parkerson: #14,252 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Parkerson #14,252, 2,103 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parkerson is more common than 91.2% of them.

    Origin

    A contraction of Parkinson.

    Parkerson is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,103 people named Parkerson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,812 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,999.

    #14,252
    rank among US surnames
    2,103
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #13,863)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,247Mikhail2,105146,672
    #14,248Przybylski2,104146,742
    #14,252Buttram2,103146,812
    #14,257Seyler2,102146,882

    Who is named Parkerson

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

    87% of people named Parkerson identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Parkerson

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Parkerson come from?
    A contraction of Parkinson.
    How common is the surname Parkerson?
    2,103 people in the United States had the surname Parkerson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,812 Americans. It ranked 14,252nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Parkerson?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Parkerson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Parkerson?
    Parkerson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Parkerson getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,103 in 2010, up 5.2%.