Parker Family History
Parker Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a gamekeeper employed in a
medieval park, from an agent derivative of Middle English parc
‘park’ (see Park 1). This surname is also found in Ireland.Americanized form of one or more like-sounding
Jewish names.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Parker Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Parker families
 1,393 - 2,783  465 - 1,392 |
 1 - 464  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Parker families
|
3,993 - 7,984 1,332 - 3,992 |
1 - 1,331 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Parker families
|
322 - 641 108 - 321 |
1 - 107 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Parker Family Origin
Parker Immigration Information
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Parker Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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