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    The surname Parson

    A surname, carried by 13,209 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P625

    Parson: #2,727 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Parson #2,727, 13,209 people Parson: #2,727 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Parson #2,727, 13,209 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parson is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,209 people named Parson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,374 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,565.

    #2,727
    rank among US surnames
    13,209
    people in 2010
    4.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,644)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,719Seaman13,23723,324
    #2,720Myrick13,23623,326
    #2,721Kwon13,23523,328
    #2,722Byler13,23023,337
    #2,723Herrmann13,22623,344
    #2,724Yoo13,22523,346
    #2,725Vitale13,22023,354

    Who is named Parson

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

    60% of people named Parson identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Parsons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mike Parson
      57th governor of Missouri, born 1955

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Parson

    Parson has the Soundex code P625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Parson?
    13,209 people in the United States had the surname Parson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,374 Americans. It ranked 2,727th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Parson?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Parson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Parson?
    Mike Parson, 57th governor of Missouri.
    Where is the surname Parson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Parson in the United States.
    Is the surname Parson getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,209 in 2010, up 5.1%.