Find out how popular the last name Parrott is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Parrott.

Parrott, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Parrott surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Parrott in America

Parrott is the 2620th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Parrott surname appeared 13,753 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 people would have the surname Parrott.

We can also compare 2010 data for Parrott to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Parrott

The surname Parrott is of Anglo-Norman origin, derived from the Old French word "parro" meaning "parrot". It is believed to have originated as a nickname for someone who kept or traded in parrots, or perhaps someone with a ability to mimic speech like a parrot.

The name first appeared in England shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066. One of the earliest recorded instances is found in the Pipe Rolls of Lincolnshire in 1176, where a Richard Parrot is mentioned. Another early record is from the Curia Regis Rolls of Oxfordshire in 1201, which lists a William Parroc.

In the 13th century, the surname appeared in various forms, such as Parrok, Parroke, and Parroc, reflecting the diverse regional dialects and spellings of the time. The modern spelling of Parrott emerged in the 16th century.

The Domesday Book, compiled in 1086, does not contain any record of the Parrott surname, suggesting it emerged later as a descriptive nickname.

Notable individuals with the surname Parrott throughout history include:

1. John Parrott (c. 1565 - 1648), an English colonist who arrived in Virginia in 1608 and became one of the first settlers of the Jamestown Colony.

2. Thomas Parrott (1617 - 1695), an English puritan minister and one of the founders of the New Haven Colony in Connecticut.

3. John Parrott (1768 - 1836), an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.

4. Enoch Greenleafe Parrott (1814 - 1879), an American inventor who patented several improvements to the cannon and projectiles used during the American Civil War.

5. Jasper Theodore Parrott (1898 - 1961), an American politician who served as the 27th Governor of North Dakota from 1949 to 1957.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Parrott

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Parrott.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Parrott was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Parrott has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Parrott was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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