The Parente surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,170 people carried this name — #10,176 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 93,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,017 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Parente surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From a medieval personal name which originated as a shortened form of Bomparente (“good parent, good relative”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Parente» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,095 people named Parente live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
270 people named Parente live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 179 people named Parente.
75 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Parente live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Parente in American newspapers,
1898–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,301 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Parente,
with a public archive behind them.
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Domingos Parente da Silva 1836–1901 · architect -
Abele Parente 1851–1923 · gynecologist -
Xosé Lois Parente 1903–1948 · writer -
Giovanni Parente 1910–1982 · politician -
Marie Parente 1928–2019 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 102 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Parente.
- Pare 3,464 · U.S. census
- Paredes 27,274 · U.S. census
- Paree 114 · U.S. census
- Pareja 1,377 · U.S. census
- Parel 263 · U.S. census
- Parent 11,193 · U.S. census
- Parenteau 2,245 · U.S. census
- Parenti 1,711 · U.S. census
- Pares 450 · U.S. census
- Paret 405 · U.S. census
- Pareti 228 · U.S. census
- Parez 300 · U.S. census
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