The surname Parmer
A surname, carried by 5,029 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P656
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,029 people named Parmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,393 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,680.
#6,716
rank among US surnames
5,029
people in 2010
1.7
per 100,000 Americans
+7.5%
change since 2000 (was #6,657)
Who is named Parmer
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
80% of people named Parmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 80%
- Black (not Hispanic) 12%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.2%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Parmer has the Soundex code P656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P656.
Questions
- How common is the surname Parmer?
- 5,029 people in the United States had the surname Parmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,393 Americans. It ranked 6,716th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Parmer?
- In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Parmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Parmer getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,680 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,029 in 2010, up 7.5%.