Explore the Family Name Parrington

The meaning of Parrington

English: apparently from an unrecorded Middle English word, parentin. This might denote a man from Parenty (Pas-de-Calais), although as an ethnic name it is otherwise unknown. Middle English parentine ‘parentage, lineage’ is also a formally possible source but it is not recorded as a vocabulary word before c.1460, and it is in any case an unlikely source of a surname.

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How common is the last name Parrington in the United States?

The surname "Parrington" was ranked 73,659 in popularity according to the Decennial U.S. Census data from 2000, but it fell to rank 90,113 by 2010, showing a significant drop in frequency of 22.34%. Similarly, the count for this surname decreased from 245 individuals in 2000 to 205 in 2010, signaling a decline in use by 16.33%. This translated into a proportion per 100,000 people dropping from 0.09 to 0.07 between 2000 and 2010, a decrease of 22.22%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#73,659	#90,113	-22.34%
Count	245	205	-16.33%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.07	-22.22%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Parrington

Regarding ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data showed interesting shifts for the surname Parrington. In 2000, 93.06% of those with the surname were identified as White, which saw a minor decrease to 91.71% by 2010. The percentage of Asian/Pacific Islanders bearing this surname, however, dropped completely from 2.86% in 2000 to zero in 2010. Meanwhile, there was an increase in the proportion of Hispanics with this surname, climbing from 2.86% in 2000 to 4.39% in 2010. There were no recorded changes for Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.06%	91.71%	-1.45%
Hispanic	2.86%	4.39%	53.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.86%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%