About the Par Surname

Par is an established spelling of the English surname Parr. The name is generally explained as “Enclosure”. Without the “r” of Parr, Par is a simpler written form of the same name. Other spellings include Parre.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Par with 1,052 bearers, at rank 23,978. In the Spanish register, Par appears 59 times as a first surname and 55 times as a second one. Par sounds close to Parra and Parry, so it can help to search both.

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