The Paret surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 376 people carried this name — #51,945 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,354 people named Paret.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 67 départements, most often Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 115 people named Paret 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 West Flanders.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paret.
- Parel 254 · U.S. census
- Parent 10,874 · U.S. census
- Parente 3,017 · U.S. census
- Parenteau 2,229 · U.S. census
- Parenti 1,665 · U.S. census
- Pares 375 · U.S. census
- Pareti 219 · U.S. census
- Parez 268 · U.S. census
- Parfait 899 · U.S. census
- Pariente 130 · U.S. census
- Parietti 109 · U.S. census
- Parin 165 · U.S. census
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