Popularity of the last name by country
Germany
- Niedersachsen (337)
- Berlin (247)
- Bremen (118)
- Bayern (108)
- Nordrhein-Westfalen (103)
- Brandenburg (101)
- Sachsen (82)
- Hamburg (63)
- Hessen (57)
- Baden Wurttemberg (46)
- Mecklenburg Vorpommern (32)
- Rheinland Pfalz (10)
- Thuringen (8)
- Schleswig Holstein (7)
- Sachsen Anhalt (3)
- Saarland (1)
All countries
- United Kingdom (712,452)
- United States (428,450)
- Australia (26,841)
- Ireland (19,432)
- New Zealand (18,356)
- Canada (14,096)
- France (10,848)
- Unknown country (8,680)
- Netherlands (3,044)
- Germany (1,634)
- Italy (1,248)
- Switzerland (1,203)
- Belgium (947)
- India (678)
- French Polynesia (491)
- Colombia (431)
- Austria (419)
- Mexico (417)
- China (373)
- Spain (344)
- South Africa (262)
- Sweden (256)
- Argentina (241)
- Estonia (228)
- Indonesia (228)
- Hungary (221)
- Portugal (220)
- Egypt (214)
- Jamaica (212)
- Russian Federation (202)
- Poland (184)
- Turkey (169)
- Peru (167)
- Paraguay (167)
- Greece (161)
- Cuba (134)
- Denmark (125)
- Brazil (104)
- Panama (104)
- Norway (103)
Origine of last name
PARKER : 1: English: occupational name from Middle English parker ‘park-keeper’ (Old French parquier parchier) an officer employed to look after deer and other game in a hunting park (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Park">Park</a> 1). This surname is also very common among African Americans. It has also been recorded since medieval times in Ireland.2: Americanized form of French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Paquet">Paquet</a> 2 or 3.3: Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish names.
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