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The surname Parmley

A surname, carried by 2,080 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P654

Parmley: #14,374 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Parmley #14,374, 2,080 people Parmley: #14,374 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Parmley #14,374, 2,080 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parmley is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,080 people named Parmley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,435 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,005.

#14,374
rank among US surnames
2,080
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+3.7%
change since 2000 (was #13,830)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,368Artman2,081148,364
#14,374Sclafani2,080148,435
#14,378Litwin2,079148,507
#14,382Fails2,078148,578

Who is named Parmley

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

88% of people named Parmley identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 88%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 7.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Parmley

Parmley 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 Parmley?
2,080 people in the United States had the surname Parmley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,435 Americans. It ranked 14,374th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Parmley?
In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Parmley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Parmley getting more or less common?
More common. 2,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,080 in 2010, up 3.7%.