Last Name PARKER

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Meaning	The parker, the guardian, keeper, or custodian of a park. Found in every early register all over England. This surname has almost become a rival of Smith, Wright, Green, Brown, Jones, and Robinson for numbers. The keeper of a park.

Origin	English, Jewish, Spanish, French, Native American, Chilean, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank	51 (2000 US census)	47 (1990 US census)

Count	324,246 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

71.49%, or 231803 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
24.09%, or 78111 total occurrences, as black,
0.44%, or 1427 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.85%, or 2756 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.67%, or 5415 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.46%, or 4734 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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