Parramore Surname

255,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,546 people bear this surname

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

Parramore Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the paramour,' a lover in an honest sense. But Chaucer says: 'My fourthe husbonde was a revellour, This is to sayn, he had a paramour.'

John Paramour, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Roger Paramour, 1301.

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Parramore Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3241:273,76125,637
England1561:357,16725,626
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
France31:22,140,907385,998
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England871:280,17719,488
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1401:358,70527,299

Parramore Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the paramour,' a lover in an honest sense. But Chaucer says: 'My fourthe husbonde was a revellour, This is to sayn, he had a paramour.'

John Paramour, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Roger Paramour, 1301. Writs of Parliament.

1581. Robert Paramour and Katherine Warde: Marriage Lic. (London).

1623. Baptised — Mathew, s. Thomas Parramour: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1635. April 18, Whitehall. Captain Thomas Paramour, appointed to the Adventure': State Papers (Domestic).

1701. John Paramour and Mary Wallbanke, by banns: Canterbury Cathedral.

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

= Paramore, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

If not local, may belong to the same class as Lover, Friend, Neighbour, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The Paramores, an old gentle family of Bagworth, Leicestershire, in the 16th and 17th centuries, are now rarely represented in the county (N.). Richard Paramor of this family contributed £25 for the defence of his country at the time of the expected Spanish invasion in 1588 (Sp.). Paramor was the name of very old Kentish families of Ash, St. Nicholas - in - Thanet, Fordwich, Eastry, etc., now mostly extinct (Hasted's "Kent"). In the 13th century the name of Param'r occurred in Lincolnshire, and that of De Porremore in Devonshire (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Parramore Last Name Facts

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

The surname Parramore is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Parramore.

How Common Is The Last Name Parramore? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 255,243rd most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 4,713,807 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Parramore live; 86 percent live in North America and 86 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 1,324 people, or 1 in 273,761. In The United States Parramore is most frequent in: Florida, where 35 percent are found, Texas, where 19 percent are found and Georgia, where 14 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Parramore Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Parramore has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Parramore last name expanded 946 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 179 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Parramore Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Parramore are 9.09% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.86% being registered to vote for the political party.

Parramore earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.92% less than the national average, earning $38,868 USD per year.

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