Parfett Surname

540,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 594 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Parfett Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the perfect.' Middle English parfit; O.K. Parfit.

'He was a veray parfit gentil knight.': Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales.

Robert Parfyte. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.

Robert Partite.

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Parfett Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2831:196,88417,288
Australia1351:199,96819,617
South Africa641:846,52756,162
Canada631:584,85148,473
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Wales81:386,81619,671
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2011:121,27011,535
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Parfett Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the perfect.' Middle English parfit; O.K. Parfit.

'He was a veray parfit gentil knight.': Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales.

Robert Parfyte. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.

Robert Partite. Rolls of Parliament.

1620. Anthony Parfitt: Register of the University of Oxford.

1717. Married — William Littlebury and Mary Parfitt: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1780. — John Parfit and Esther Vickers: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(Anglo-French-Latin) Perfect, Upright [Middle English parfit, parfyt, Old French parf(e)it (French parfait), Latin perfect-us] He [the ‘Doctour of Phisik] was a verray parfit praktisour.—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 422.

For Iob the parfit patriarke repreoueth thy sawes.—Piers Plowman, xxi. 153.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Anglo-Norman parfit, O.E, parfait, perfect.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Roger Perfectus or Parfait, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Eudo, Ralph Parfey, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

Parfett Last Name Facts

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

The surname Parfett occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Parfett? popularity and diffusion

The last name Parfett is the 540,721st most numerous surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 12,268,596 people. Parfett occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Parfett are found; 49 percent are found in Northern Europe and 49 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Parfett is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 283 people, or 1 in 196,884. In England it is most numerous in: Greater London, where 13 percent live, Norfolk, where 11 percent live and Surrey, where 8 percent live. Other than England it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 23 percent live and South Africa, where 11 percent live.

Parfett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Parfett has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Parfett surname expanded 141 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 148 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Parfett Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Parfett are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75% registered with the political party.

The amount Parfett earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 32.93% more than the national average, earning R 315,888 per year; in United States they earn 15.68% less than the national average, earning $36,385 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.7% more than the national average, earning $57,485 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Parffett935/
Parfet92164/
Parfitt869,112/
Perfett8682/
Parfytt861/
Parfiet861/
Parfeet861/
Parfete861/
Parfeit861/
Parfe834/
Parfittt801/
Parfaitt801/
Perfiett800/
Parfit7785/
Parfey7742/
Parfeh7729/
Perfet774/
Parfez772/
Parfait7125,333/
Perfitt71472/
Parfajt7113/
Porfitt716/
Parffit713/
Peyrefette711/
Payrefitte711/
Perfeth711/
Perfeit711/
Porfeet711/
Parphet710/
Parfite710/
Parfaite671,979/
Parfi67632/
Parfa6711/
Parfy673/
Perffitt670/

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