How common is the surname Parkey?

1,570 people in the United States had the surname Parkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,653 Americans. It ranked 17,823rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Parkey getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,798 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,570 in 2010, down 13%.

The surname Parkey

A surname, carried by 1,570 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parkey is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,570 people named Parkey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 196,653 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,798.

#17,823

rank among US surnames

1,570

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-12.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,052)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,818	Majka	1,571	196,528
#17,823	Fiorillo	1,570	196,653

Who is named Parkey

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

78% of people named Parkey identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 4.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Parkey

Parkey 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 Parkey?: 1,570 people in the United States had the surname Parkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,653 Americans. It ranked 17,823rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Parkey?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Parkey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Parkey getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,798 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,570 in 2010, down 13%.