Pargiter Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Pargiter 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.

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Pargiter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England561:994,96549,531
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England351:696,43933,013
Scotland101:374,32210,959
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Pargiter 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.

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

From the occupation of pargiter or pergeter, one who applied rough-cast to the outer walls of houses, a plasterer, from OF. - parjetteur, ME. pargetter, 'a roughmason, or he that trimmeth walls with rough cast' (Nomencltitor, 1585).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Pargiter: a plasterer.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Pargiter Last Name Facts

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

Pargiter is found most in England. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pargiter click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pargiter? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,020,555th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name Pargiter occurs predominantly in Europe, where 65 percent of Pargiter are found; 65 percent are found in Northern Europe and 65 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Pargiter is most common in England, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 994,965. In England Pargiter is most frequent in: Hertfordshire, where 21 percent live, Northamptonshire, where 20 percent live and West Sussex, where 14 percent live. Outside of England Pargiter occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Pargiter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pargiter has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 160 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pargiter Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Pargiter earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 27.56% more than the national average, earning R 303,132 per year and in Canada they earn 40.57% less than the national average, earning $29,529 CAD per year.

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