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    The surname Parton

    An English place surname, carried by 6,039 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P635

    Parton: #5,739 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Parton #5,739, 6,039 people Parton: #5,739 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Parton #5,739, 6,039 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parton is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English pere (“pear”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), equivalent to pear + -ton.

    Parton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,039 people named Parton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,125 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,829.

    #5,739
    rank among US surnames
    6,039
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,487)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,730Maupin6,05151,024
    #5,731Scofield6,04851,049
    #5,732Sim6,04751,058
    #5,734Abeyta6,04651,066
    #5,736Hollenbeck6,04351,091
    #5,737Klug6,04151,108
    #5,738Nason6,04051,117

    Who is named Parton

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

    91% of people named Parton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Partons

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dolly Parton
      American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
    • Stella Parton
      American country singer, born 1949

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Parton

    Parton has the Soundex code P635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P635.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Parton come from?
    From Old English pere (“pear”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), equivalent to pear + -ton.
    How common is the surname Parton?
    6,039 people in the United States had the surname Parton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,125 Americans. It ranked 5,739th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Parton?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Parton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Parton?
    Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter (1946–2026), followed by Stella Parton.
    Where is the surname Parton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Parton in the United States.
    What type of surname is Parton?
    Parton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Parton getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,829 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,039 in 2010, up 3.6%.