The Parmentier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 851 people carried this name — #28,131 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 842 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Parmentier surname
A surname from French, equivalent to English Taylor or Snyder.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Parmentier» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,803 people named Parmentier.
106 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 91 départements, most often Nord.
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 3,553 people named Parmentier 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
80 people named Parmentier live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Parmentier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antoine-Augustin Parmentier 1737–1813 · pharmacist -
Charles-Joseph Parmentier 1765–1843 · politician -
Jean Parmentier 1494–1529 · writer
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Denis Parmentier 1612–1672 · painter
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Michel Parmentier 1653–1724
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James Parmentier 1658–1730 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Parmentier.
- Parisot 302 · U.S. census
- Parisotto 113 · U.S. census
- Parisse 143 · U.S. census
- Parker 336,221 · U.S. census
- Parlanti 150 · U.S. census
- Parlier 1,505 · U.S. census
- Parnin 163 · U.S. census
- Parodi 1,053 · U.S. census
- Parola 395 · U.S. census
- Parolini 205 · U.S. census
- Paron 171 · U.S. census
- Parot 108 · U.S. census
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