Parma Family History
Parma Name Meaning
habitational name from Parma in northern
Italy.from Sicilian parma ‘palm’, possibly denoting
someone who had been on pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Parma
Name Distribution of Parma Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Parma families
 10 - 18  4 - 9 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Parma families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Parma last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Parma census records
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Parma Family Origin
Parma Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Parma
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Parma Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Parma census records
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Military Service by Parma
Message Board about Parma
4 Threads, 6
Messages
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Parma.
Threads: 4 - Messages: 6
| Thread | Author | Replies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Parma Sr, Jr, from Waco, TX |  | pnewsome53 | 2 |
| Edward J. Parma of Ennis, TX 1944 | | drbrownlee | 0 |
| Henry A. Parma of Ennis, TX 1931 | | drbrownlee | 0 |
| ROSENA (ROZENA) PARMA | | 0 |
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