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
Living On Own Means 65
General Labourer 58
General Servant Domestic 55
Dress Maker 42
Cook Domestic 37
Agricultural Labourer 33
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 30
Housemaid Domestic 26
Farmer 24
Scholar 24
Domestic Servant 22
House Maid Domestic 19
Tailoress 18
Bricklayer 17
Carpenter 17
Laundress Wash 17
House Keeper Domestic 16
Charwoman 15
Railway Porter 13
Servant Domestic 13
Police Constable 12
Grocer Assistant 11
French Polisher 10
Laundress 9
Coal Miner Hewer 9

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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