Parmenter Surname

65,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,623 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Parmenter Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'le parmentier,' the tailor; Old French parmentier. 'Parmentier, a taylor' (Cotgrave, quoted by Lower).

Ralphle Parmenter, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert Parmintre, Oxfordshire, ibid.

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Parmenter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,4751:80,9969,202
England1,8531:30,0694,040
Australia8321:32,4474,293
New Zealand1601:28,3024,948
Canada1401:263,18324,832
South Africa461:1,177,77667,773
Wales441:70,3306,116
Scotland291:184,61410,113
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
France21:33,211,361423,184
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7991:30,5074,071
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2281:40,8954,799

Parmenter (11) may also be a first name.

Parmenter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'le parmentier,' the tailor; Old French parmentier. 'Parmentier, a taylor' (Cotgrave, quoted by Lower).

Ralphle Parmenter, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert Parmintre, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Walter le Parmunter, Salop, ibid.

John Permonter, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Roger Permonter, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

John le Permonter, Somerset, 1 Edward III:.

Roger le Parmenter: Close Roll, 51 Henry III.

Saher le Parmentier. Rolls of Parliament.

Hamo le Parmenter. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi.

Isabella Parmeter, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Parmenter, 1379: ibid.

1530. John Parmynter and Margaret Dunnyngton: Marriage Lic. (London).

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

( A.- French-Latin ) Clothier, Tailor [Anglo-French; Old French par mentier; Old French parement, ornamental clothing (-ment, Latin -ment-um); Latin parare, to prepare] Hamo le Parmenter.—Fine Rolls.

Salier le Parmentier.—Parl. Rolls.

William le Parmeter.—Parl. Writs.

... le drapier et le parmentier.—Louis XI., Nouv. xciv. 348; Moisy.

Le sire de Beaumont aperçut un chevalier de Normandie, qu’il connut par ses paremens.—-Chron.de Froissart, ed. Buchon, I, 1.c. 119.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who made outer garments, a tailor.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Old French, "parmentier, a Taylor." Cotgr. The H.R. forms are Le Parmenter, Le Parmunter, Parminter, Parmuntarius.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

John, Ranulph, Parmentarius, Normandy, 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Geoffry P. 1198 (Ib.); William, Godwin, John P. Engl. c. 1198 (Rotuli Curiae Regis).

The Norman People (1874)

Parmenter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Parmenter (Russian: Парментер) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Parmenter? popularity and diffusion

It is the 65,477th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 955,994 people. The last name Parmenter is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Parmenter are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Parmenter is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 11 people.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 4,475 people, or 1 in 80,996. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 11 percent live, Nevada, where 9 percent live and Massachusetts, where 8 percent live. Outside of The United States Parmenter exists in 27 countries. It is also common in England, where 24 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Parmenter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Parmenter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Parmenter surname expanded 364 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 232 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Parmenter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Parmenter surname are 6.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.87% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Parmenter earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 52.76% more than the national average, earning R 363,012 per year; in United States they earn 4.51% more than the national average, earning $45,096 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.49% more than the national average, earning $51,914 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Parmenter Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Parmenter in the Russian language
Парментерparmenter-

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