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 705
Agricultural Labourer 134
General Labourer 84
Domestic Servant 50
Farm Labourer 40
Dress Maker 40
Coal Miner 40
Labourer 40
General Servant 36
General Servant Domestic 36
Farmer 31
Living On Own Means 26
Living On Her Own Means 26
Laundress 23
Carpenter 21
General Domestic Servant 20
Gardener 16
Carman 16
House Keeper 15
Painter 15
Dressmaker 14
Railway Porter 12
Clerk 11
Bricklayer 11
Tailoress 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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