Paramore Surname

164,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,637 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Samoa

Paramore Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the paramour,' a lover in an honest sense. But Chaucer says: 'My fourthe husbonde was a revellour, This is to sayn, he had a paramour.'

John Paramour, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Roger Paramour, 1301.

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Paramore Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0441:177,32817,778
England2911:191,47116,969
India901:8,522,949175,347
New Zealand671:67,58710,255
Wales371:83,6366,963
Russia241:6,005,127248,576
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Samoa41:48,452659
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
China21:683,660,78330,601
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1611:151,40013,347
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3271:153,57414,178

Paramore (17) may also be a first name.

Paramore Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the paramour,' a lover in an honest sense. But Chaucer says: 'My fourthe husbonde was a revellour, This is to sayn, he had a paramour.'

John Paramour, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Roger Paramour, 1301. Writs of Parliament.

1581. Robert Paramour and Katherine Warde: Marriage Lic. (London).

1623. Baptised — Mathew, s. Thomas Parramour: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1635. April 18, Whitehall. Captain Thomas Paramour, appointed to the Adventure': State Papers (Domestic).

1701. John Paramour and Mary Wallbanke, by banns: Canterbury Cathedral.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin) Lover, Sweet- heart [Middle English O. French par amour, by or for love; Latin per amor-em) Of paramours he sette nat a kers.—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 3756.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Richard and William Paramor, Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). The arms of the English branch are preserved by Robson.

The Norman People (1874)

From Paramé; a location name in Normandy (?).

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Paramores, an old gentle family of Bagworth, Leicestershire, in the 16th and 17th centuries, are now rarely represented in the county (N.). Richard Paramor of this family contributed £25 for the defence of his country at the time of the expected Spanish invasion in 1588 (Sp.). Paramor was the name of very old Kentish families of Ash, St. Nicholas - in - Thanet, Fordwich, Eastry, etc., now mostly extinct (Hasted's "Kent"). In the 13th century the name of Param'r occurred in Lincolnshire, and that of De Porremore in Devonshire (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Paramore Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Paramore Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Paramore (Marathi: परमोरे) is most common in The United States. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Paramore? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 164,490th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 2,763,574 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Paramore live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America. Paramore is also the 2,694,839th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 17 people.

The last name Paramore is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 2,044 people, or 1 in 177,328. In The United States it is primarily found in: Florida, where 15 percent reside, Texas, where 12 percent reside and North Carolina, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 33 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.

Paramore Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Paramore has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Paramore last name expanded 625 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 181 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Paramore Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Paramore last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Paramore surname are 21.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.08% being registered with the political party.

The amount Paramore earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 52.51% less than the national average, earning R 112,860 per year and in United States they earn 11.06% less than the national average, earning $38,376 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Paramore Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Paramore in the Marathi language
परमोरेparamore-

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