What We Know About the Parga Surname

Heraldry follows families, not surnames. A Parga coat of arms, where one exists, belonged to a specific line.

In the records

Parga shows up clearly in official surname statistics.

Census returns, passenger lists and civil registers are the best places to follow a Parga line back. Where a surname's origin is uncertain, as with Parga, the best clues come from your own ancestors' parish and civil records. Parga ranked 15,477 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,892 people answering to the name. 89% of them identified as Hispanic or Latino. In Spain, the INE population register lists 1,799 people with Parga as their first surname and 1,710 as their second.

Get the complete Parga report, with a museum-style coat of arms.