Parat History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

The Parat surname is derived from the French word, "paré", which is the past participle of the verb, "parer", meaning, "to prepare", therefore the name was originally occupational, for someone who finished cloth.

Early Origins of the Parat family

The surname Parat was first found in Auvergne, a historic province in south central France where the family was established in early times in the department of Puy-de-Dôme.

Several members if this family distinguished themselves. Ambroise Paré was a surgeon, who was born in Laval around the beginning of the 16th century, and who died in Paris, in 1590. He was called the "barber of the kings" - Henry II, François II and Charles IX, and he was known as the restorer of surgery in France. He wrote "Les Préceptes Chirurgicaux", a work of 28 volumes.

Early History of the Parat family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Parat research. Another 44 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1510 and 1590 are included under the topic Early Parat History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Parat Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Paré, Pare, Paret, Parey, Paray, Parat, Parateau and many more.

Early Notables of the Parat family

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Parat Ranking

In France, the name Parat is the 4,539^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1

Parat migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Parat Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Cornelius Parat, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1734 2

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)