Parlour Surname

734,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 394 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Parlour Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the parlour,' the servant who attended the parlour, literally, 'the room for conversation,' a sitting room; compare Kitchen, Pantry, Spence.

Richard ate Parlur, 1301. Writs of Parliament.

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Parlour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2851:195,50217,195
Northern Ireland241:76,8765,365
Wales241:128,9399,528
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Ireland181:261,6089,673
Pakistan121:14,886,99061,272
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1531:159,31613,825
Wales81:196,0527,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Parlour Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the parlour,' the servant who attended the parlour, literally, 'the room for conversation,' a sitting room; compare Kitchen, Pantry, Spence.

Richard ate Parlur, 1301. Writs of Parliament.

Henry del Parlur. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.

William Parlour, Yorkshire: Liber Vitae (Surtees Society).

Symon Parler, for the Barbadoes, 1635: Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.

1619. David Parler and Anne Pullocke: Marriage Lic (London).

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

Parele is a word used by Lydgate, signifying 'to apparel;' and another medieval expression (from the Anglo-Norman) 'apparail' means to provide, furnish, prepare, or equip. The original bearer of the name may have had something to do with military appareling or equipments.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Warm le Parlier, Normandy 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae).

The Norman People (1874)

From the German, Parlow; a personal name.

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

Parlour Last Name Facts

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

The last name Parlour is found most frequently in England. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Parlour? popularity and diffusion

Parlour is the 734,496th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 18,496,309 people. The last name Parlour occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Parlour are found; 90 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 285 people, or 1 in 195,502. In England Parlour is most frequent in: Essex, where 21 percent live, Greater London, where 17 percent live and Berkshire, where 7 percent live. Barring England this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 6 percent live and Wales, where 6 percent live.

Parlour Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Parlour has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Parlour last name increased 186 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Parlour Last Name Statistics demography

Parlour earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 16.16% less than the national average, earning $41,654 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Parlouer93103/
Parlouër931/
Parloure930/
Parrlour930/
Parlor92462/
Parlur923/
Parloir8610/
Parloor861/
Parleur861/
Pearlor861/
Parlar776,301/
Porlor7724/
Parlier712,417/
Parleir7121/
Parliar715/
Pourlor711/
Parlear710/
Parlard710/
Parliyar671/
Pearlier671/
Parrlear670/
Parellier632/
Parillare631/
Pourlooyar5945/
Porlier571,580/
Pourlar5716/
Pourlier5351/
Pourlaur5319/
Pourlard532/
Poirlier531/
Porllair530/

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