Parfitt Surname

55,708th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Parfitt 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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Parfitt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,2681:13,0551,921
Wales1,5051:2,056215
United States1,4981:241,96223,100
Australia6391:42,2475,396
Canada4291:85,8879,521
South Africa2481:218,45822,930
New Zealand2451:18,4833,240
Scotland751:71,3845,479
Netherlands311:544,74849,659
Bermuda271:2,418390
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Venezuela151:2,013,60524,362
United States Virgin Islands111:10,0341,440
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
France91:7,380,302306,885
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,8501:13,1761,989
Wales3311:4,738328
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Isle of Man41:13,5671,192
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1111:452,42132,615

Parfitt 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

From the French, Parfait; a personal name.

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

Parfitt Last Name Facts

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

The last name Parfitt (Russian: Парфитт) has its highest incidence in England. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Parfitt? popularity and diffusion

It is the 55,708th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 799,775 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 65 percent of Parfitt are found; 64 percent are found in Northern Europe and 64 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 4,268 people, or 1 in 13,055. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Somerset, where 13 percent reside, Greater London, where 11 percent reside and Kent, where 7 percent reside. Apart from England Parfitt is found in 42 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 16 percent reside.

Parfitt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Parfitt has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 231 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 455 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 1,350 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 1,071 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Parfitt Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Parfitt last name are 9.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.45% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Parfitt earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.77% more than the national average, earning R 405,804 per year; in United States they earn 1.73% more than the national average, earning $43,896 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.19% more than the national average, earning $51,268 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Parfittt931/
Parfaitt931/
Parfit9285/
Parfait8625,333/
Parfett86594/
Perfitt86472/
Porfitt866/
Parffit863/
Parfeit861/
Parfiet861/
Parfytt861/
Parfite860/
Parfi83632/
Payrefitte821/
Parfaite801,979/
Parffett805/
Perfiett800/
Perffitt800/
Parfet77164/
Perfit7785/
Parfiz771/
Parfui771/
Parfis771/
Parfiy771/
Porfit771/
Peyrefitte71505/
Perfett7182/
Parfajt7113/
Parfois715/
Perfait713/
Parfeet711/
Parfaiz711/
Perfeit711/
Parfete711/
Parfaid711/
Perffit711/
Parfa6711/
Porfi677/
Parfe674/
Parfy673/

Parfitt Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Parfitt in the Russian language
Парфиттparfitt-

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