Parrain Surname
Approximately 905 people bear this surname
Parrain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 858 | 1:77,416 | 10,883 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Parrain (54) may also be a first name.
Parrain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Parrain Come From? nationality or country of origin
Parrain is found in France more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Parrain? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 391,109th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 8,052,537 people. The surname Parrain is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Parrain live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Parrain is also the 1,350,955th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 54 people.
This surname is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 858 people, or 1 in 77,416. In France Parrain is most common in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 27 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 22 percent are found and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 18 percent are found. Besides France Parrain exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 2 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Parrain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Parrain has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Parrain
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