How common is the surname Parnell?

14,560 people in the United States had the surname Parnell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,205 Americans. It ranked 2,475th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Parnell?

Sean Parnell, American politician (born 1962), followed by Chris Parnell.

Where is the surname Parnell most common?

Wikidata records people named Parnell in the United States, the Kingdom of Ireland and Australia.

How do you pronounce Parnell?

Parnell is /pɑːˈnɛl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Parnell getting more or less common?

More common. 14,069 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,560 in 2010, up 3.5%.

Is Parnell also a first name?

Yes. Parnell is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Parnell

A patronymic surname, carried by 14,560 people in the United States.

Pronounced /pɑːˈnɛl/ 2 syllables Soundex P654

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parnell is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

Matronymic from a medieval spoken form of Petronella.

Parnell is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,560 people named Parnell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,205 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,069.

#2,475

rank among US surnames

14,560

people in 2010

4.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,358)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,466	Knott	14,622	21,115
#2,467	Perales	14,593	21,157
#2,469	Mulligan	14,590	21,161
#2,471	Bliss	14,588	21,164
#2,472	Wakefield	14,587	21,166
#2,473	Kahn	14,584	21,170
#2,474	Barth	14,579	21,177

Who is named Parnell

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

77% of people named Parnell identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Parnells

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sean Parnell
American politician (born 1962)
Chris Parnell
American actor, born 1967
Charles Parnell
American actor, born 1964
Thomas Parnell
Anglo-Irish cleric, writer and poet., 1679–1718
Emory Parnell
American vaudeville performer and actor (1892-1979)
Thomas Parnell
Australian physicist (1881–1948)
Harvey Parnell
American politician (1880-1936)

Notable Parnells come mostly from the United States (5), the Kingdom of Ireland (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Purnell

Surnames that sound like Parnell

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

Questions

Where does the surname Parnell come from?: Matronymic from a medieval spoken form of Petronella.
How common is the surname Parnell?: 14,560 people in the United States had the surname Parnell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,205 Americans. It ranked 2,475th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Parnell?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Parnell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Parnell?: Sean Parnell, American politician (born 1962), followed by Chris Parnell.
Where is the surname Parnell most common?: Wikidata records people named Parnell in the United States, the Kingdom of Ireland and Australia.
How do you pronounce Parnell?: Parnell is /pɑːˈnɛl/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Parnell?: Parnell is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Parnell getting more or less common?: More common. 14,069 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,560 in 2010, up 3.5%.
What are other spellings of Parnell?: Purnell.
Is Parnell also a first name?: Yes. Parnell is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.