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The surname Parmelee

A surname, carried by 2,088 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P654

Parmelee: #14,332 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Parmelee #14,332, 2,088 people Parmelee: #14,332 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Parmelee #14,332, 2,088 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parmelee is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,088 people named Parmelee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,867 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,984.

#14,332
rank among US surnames
2,088
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+5.2%
change since 2000 (was #13,957)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,328Holleran2,089147,796
#14,332Vicknair2,088147,867
#14,338Ecklund2,087147,937

Who is named Parmelee

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

91% of people named Parmelee identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 2.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Parmelee

Parmelee has the Soundex code P654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P654.

Questions

How common is the surname Parmelee?
2,088 people in the United States had the surname Parmelee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,867 Americans. It ranked 14,332nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Parmelee?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Parmelee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Parmelee getting more or less common?
More common. 1,984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,088 in 2010, up 5.2%.