How common is the surname Parrett?

3,703 people in the United States had the surname Parrett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,377 Americans. It ranked 8,848th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Parrett getting more or less common?

More common. 3,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,703 in 2010, up 13%.

Is Parrett also a first name?

Yes. Parrett 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 Parrett

A patronymic surname, carried by 3,703 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parrett is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

(of surname) a variant of Perrett.

Parrett 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 3,703 people named Parrett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,377 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,281.

#8,848

rank among US surnames

3,703

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+12.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,140)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,841	Pinkham	3,706	83,310
#8,843	Colter	3,705	83,332
#8,844	Cusack	3,704	83,355
#8,848	Sweatt	3,703	83,377
#8,850	Dunston	3,702	83,400
#8,853	Marano	3,701	83,422
#8,854	Breault	3,700	83,445

Who is named Parrett

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

89% of people named Parrett identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Parrett

Parrett has the Soundex code P630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P630.

Questions

Where does the surname Parrett come from?: (of surname) a variant of Perrett.
How common is the surname Parrett?: 3,703 people in the United States had the surname Parrett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,377 Americans. It ranked 8,848th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Parrett?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Parrett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Parrett?: Parrett is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Parrett getting more or less common?: More common. 3,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,703 in 2010, up 13%.
Is Parrett also a first name?: Yes. Parrett 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.