How common is the surname Parkhurst?

5,708 people in the United States had the surname Parkhurst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,090 Americans. It ranked 6,024th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Parkhurst?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Parkhurst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Parkhurst?

Michael Parkhurst, American soccer player, followed by Helen Parkhurst.

Where is the surname Parkhurst most common?

Wikidata records people named Parkhurst in the United States.

Is the surname Parkhurst getting more or less common?

More common. 5,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,708 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Parkhurst

A surname, carried by 5,708 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parkhurst is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,708 people named Parkhurst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,090 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,667.

#6,024

rank among US surnames

5,708

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,615)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,020	McEvoy	5,713	54,043
#6,021	Olive	5,712	54,052
#6,022	Campa	5,709	54,080
#6,024	Parkhurst	5,708	54,090

Who is named Parkhurst

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

94% of people named Parkhurst identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Parkhursts

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Parkhurst
American soccer player, born 1984
Helen Parkhurst
American educator, author, and lecturer (1886-1973)
Frederic Hale Parkhurst
American politician (1864–1921)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Parkhurst

Parkhurst 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 Parkhurst?: 5,708 people in the United States had the surname Parkhurst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,090 Americans. It ranked 6,024th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Parkhurst?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Parkhurst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Parkhurst?: Michael Parkhurst, American soccer player, followed by Helen Parkhurst.
Where is the surname Parkhurst most common?: Wikidata records people named Parkhurst in the United States.
Is the surname Parkhurst getting more or less common?: More common. 5,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,708 in 2010, up 0.7%.