How common is the surname Parvin?

2,449 people in the United States had the surname Parvin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,070 Americans. It ranked 12,637th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Parvin?

In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Parvin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Parvin getting more or less common?

More common. 2,004 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,449 in 2010, up 22%.

Is Parvin also a first name?

Yes. Parvin 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 Parvin

A surname, carried by 2,449 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P615

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parvin is more common than 92.2% of them.

Origin

Borrowed from Persian پروین (parvin).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,449 people named Parvin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,070 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,004.

#12,637

rank among US surnames

2,449

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+22.2%

change since 2000 (was #13,838)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,636	Mayor	2,450	126,019
#12,637	Geissler	2,449	126,070
#12,642	Imes	2,448	126,122
#12,644	Konopka	2,447	126,173

Who is named Parvin

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

73% of people named Parvin identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Asian and Pacific Islander 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Parveen

Surnames that sound like Parvin

Province

Parvin has the Soundex code P615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P615.

Questions

Where does the surname Parvin come from?: Borrowed from Persian پروین (parvin).
How common is the surname Parvin?: 2,449 people in the United States had the surname Parvin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,070 Americans. It ranked 12,637th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Parvin?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Parvin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Parvin getting more or less common?: More common. 2,004 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,449 in 2010, up 22%.
What are other spellings of Parvin?: Parveen.
Is Parvin also a first name?: Yes. Parvin 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.