Parish Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Parish Name Meaning: This is locational for 'from Paris' in France. Secondly from a rare medieval personal name 'Paris' an old French form of 'Patrick'. From Latin 'Patricius',meaning 'nobleman'.

The earliest recorded spelling is that of 'Lotyn De Paris'.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Parish Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Parish family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 736
Agricultural Labourer 238
Labourer 87
General Servant 42
Domestic Servant 42
Laundress 31
Servant 30
Farm Labourer 28
House Keeper 23
Dress Maker 21
Coal Miner 19
Lace Maker 18
Annuitant 17
Cook 17
Carpenter 14
Ag Labourer 14
Charwoman 13
Mason 13
Nurse 13
General Servant Domestic 12
Coachman 12
Gardener 12
Wife Of Above 11
Bricklayer 11
Plasterer 11

Parish Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Parish 100% 33,609
2 Prish 83% 156

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The surname Parish is the most popular version of all its varients

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