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    The surname Parra

    A Spanish surname, carried by 36,765 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parra is more common than 99.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 36,765 people named Parra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,398 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,654.

    #943
    rank among US surnames
    36,765
    people in 2010
    12
    per 100,000 Americans
    +37.9%
    change since 2000 (was #1,203)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #934Richmond37,0538,333
    #935Moyer37,0508,333
    #936Lim37,0218,340
    #937Frye36,9738,351
    #938Sheppard36,9608,354
    #939McCarty36,9448,357
    #940Avalos36,9228,362

    Who is named Parra

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

    92% of people named Parra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Parras

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Derek Parra
      American speed skater, born 1970
    • Facundo Parra
      Argentinian footballer (born 1985)
    • José Parra
      Baseball player, born 1972
    • Carolina Parra
      Brazilian musician, born 1978

    Notable Parras come mostly from the United States (1), Argentina (1) and the Dominican Republic (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Parra

    Parra has the Soundex code P600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P600.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Parra come from?
    From Spanish.
    How common is the surname Parra?
    36,765 people in the United States had the surname Parra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,398 Americans. It ranked 943rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Parra?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Parra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Parra?
    Derek Parra, American speed skater, followed by Facundo Parra.
    Where is the surname Parra most common?
    Wikidata records people named Parra in the United States, Argentina and the Dominican Republic and 1 other country.
    Is the surname Parra getting more or less common?
    More common. 26,654 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,765 in 2010, up 38%.