The Parola surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 395 people carried this name — #52,482 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 12% from 352 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,150 people named Parola 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 Santa Fe.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 287 people named Parola.
63 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Parola live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
In print
Parola in American newspapers,
1889–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Parola.
- Parker 336,221 · U.S. census
- Parlanti 150 · U.S. census
- Parlier 1,505 · U.S. census
- Parmentier 851 · U.S. census
- Parnin 163 · U.S. census
- Parodi 1,053 · U.S. census
- Parolini 205 · U.S. census
- Paron 171 · U.S. census
- Parot 108 · U.S. census
- Parquet 213 · U.S. census
- Parra 36,765 · U.S. census
- Parras 1,139 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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