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
School 492
Farm Labourer 63
Domestic Servant 40
General Servant (domestic) 40
General Labourer 39
Private Means 34
Farmer 34
Labourer 28
Dressmaker 27
House Painter 26
None 22
At Home 20
Clerk 20
General Servant Domestic 19
Shop Assistant 19
Carpenter 18
Cook (domestic) 17
Laundress 17
Scholar 17
Labourer On Farm 17
Carman 16
Dress Maker 16
Charwoman 15
Housekeeper 15
Old Age Pensioner 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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