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 965
Agricultural Labourer 214
Domestic Servant 72
General Labourer 55
Dress Maker 47
General Servant 46
Labourer 43
Farm Labourer 38
Laundress 33
Coal Miner 28
General Servant Domestic 26
Annuitant 25
Carpenter 24
Carman 17
Charwoman 16
House Keeper 16
Servant 16
Brick Layer 15
Cook Domestic Servant 14
Cook 13
Errand Boy 13
No Occupation 13
Farm Servant Indoor 13
Gardener 12
Lace Maker 12

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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