Last Name PARRISH

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Of the parish, from residence within its limits. No doubt at times confounded with Paris.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 632 (2000 US census) 600 (1990 US census)
Count 48,823 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 81.95%, or 40010 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.54%, or 6611 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.38%, or 186 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.16%, or 566 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.52%, or 742 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.46%, or 713 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Russian middle names

 As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

 Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

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