Pargeter Surname
Approximately 1,060 people bear this surname
Pargeter Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the pargeter,' a plasterer, one who rough-casted walls. 'Parget, or playster for wallys, gipsum': Promptorium Parvulorum Way quotes (in a note to above), 'for lathing, pargetting, tiryng and white casting all the roves, walles, particyons, &c.
Read More About This SurnamePargeter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 688 | 1:80,986 | 8,988 |
| United States | 144 | 1:2,517,076 | 153,460 |
| Australia | 99 | 1:272,684 | 24,601 |
| Canada | 56 | 1:657,957 | 53,499 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Scotland | 26 | 1:205,916 | 10,908 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 428 | 1:56,952 | 6,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
Pargeter Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the pargeter,' a plasterer, one who rough-casted walls. 'Parget, or playster for wallys, gipsum': Promptorium Parvulorum Way quotes (in a note to above), 'for lathing, pargetting, tiryng and white casting all the roves, walles, particyons, &c., for pargetments, and zelyng with mortre and here': Rokewode's Thingoe Hund.
1533. James Pergetor, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.
1617. Edmund Pargitur, Oxfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1644. Married — Thomas Pargiterand Tomsin Dickens: St. Peter, Cornhill.
1761. — John Hooke and Mary Pargitter: St. George, Hanover Square.
(Anglo-French-Latin) Plasterer [fromM.E. pargeten, Old French pargeter, porgeter, to plaster a wall; Latin projectare, to cast before] ‘Maçon, a pargetter: a roughmason, or he that trimmeth walls with rough cast.’— Nomenclator, A.D. 1585.
Pargeter Demographics
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Pargeter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pargeter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pargeter is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pargeter click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pargeter? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pargeter is the 345,372nd most frequently occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 6,875,043 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 69 percent of Pargeter live; 68 percent live in Northern Europe and 68 percent live in British Isles.
Pargeter is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 688 people, or 1 in 80,986. In England Pargeter is mostly found in: West Midlands, where 16 percent live, Gloucestershire, where 9 percent live and Oxfordshire, where 8 percent live. Not including England this last name occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.
Pargeter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pargeter has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Pargeter last name grew 161 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 758 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pargeter Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Pargeter last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.
The amount Pargeter earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 39.93% less than the national average, earning R 142,740 per year; in United States they earn 19.05% more than the national average, earning $51,370 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.39% more than the national average, earning $52,361 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pargetter | 94 | 60 | / |
| Pargiter | 88 | 86 | / |
| Parether | 88 | 27 | / |
| Pargeste | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pareeter | 88 | 1 | / |
| Parreuter | 82 | 9 | / |
| Porgieter | 82 | 2 | / |
| Paretther | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pargitter | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pargister | 82 | 0 | / |
| Parcete | 80 | 3 | / |
| Porgete | 80 | 3 | / |
| Poreter | 80 | 2 | / |
| Portgieter | 78 | 1 | / |
| Parshete | 75 | 20 | / |
| Parsäter | 75 | 7 | / |
| Parsette | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pargetta | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pargetti | 75 | 0 | / |
| Peaurguette | 74 | 0 | / |
| Parshette | 71 | 8 | / |
| Poreitere | 71 | 3 | / |
| Portgiter | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paroither | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pargettis | 71 | 0 | / |
| Parżeta | 67 | 11 | / |
| Parseti | 67 | 2 | / |
| Parzeta | 67 | 2 | / |
| Parshettey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parsheatey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parjeti | 67 | 1 | / |
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