Pàrker
surname · Latin script
Pàrker is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 49th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): widespread: esp. Lancs.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 695(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 807
- AUAustralia≈1 in 856
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #246 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 621 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 695 (inferred from the name graph)
336,221 people, 2010
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Parker in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishparker(measured from records)
- Englandand(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): widespread: esp. Lancs. occupational name from Middle English parker ‘park-keeper’ (Old French parquier, parchier), a person employed to look after deer and other game in a hunting park. Further information: This name has been recorded since medieval times in Ireland, but most modern Irish bearers are descended from more recent immigrants from England and Scotland.
Sources 7
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pàrker counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #49 | 336,221 | 1 in 989 | 336K | Parker | 621 |
| GB United Kingdom | #41 | ≈95,000 est. | ≈1 in 695 | 529 | Parker | 341 |
| EG Egypt | #955 | ≈39,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Parker | 35 |
| CA Canada | #45 | ≈36,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | 52 | Parker | 267 |
| IT Italy | #70 | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Parker | 61 |
| AU Australia | #50 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 856 | 302 | Parker | 288 |
| NZ New Zealand | #46 | ≈6,100 est. | ≈1 in 807 | 36 | Parker | 157 |
| IS Iceland | #110 | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 809 | 3 | Parker | 18 |
336,221 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Pàrker mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): widespread: esp. Lancs. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,… and 5 other sources.
- In which country does Pàrker have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 336 thousand people named Pàrker, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled parker.
- How common is the name Pàrker?
- In the United States, the national register counted 336,221 people named Pàrker in 2010, about 1 in 989 residents.
- How common is Pàrker compared with other names?
- In the United States, Pàrker is the 49th most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pàrker” — the 49th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.