Parish Surname
Approximately 32,053 people bear this surname
Parish Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the parish,' from residence within its limits. 'Parysche, parochia': Promptorium Parvulorum No doubt at times confounded with Paris, which see.
Willelmus de Parysch, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnameParish Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18,429 | 1:19,668 | 2,477 |
| England | 5,916 | 1:9,418 | 1,383 |
| Australia | 3,062 | 1:8,816 | 1,311 |
| India | 1,192 | 1:643,511 | 30,450 |
| Canada | 1,013 | 1:36,373 | 4,629 |
| New Zealand | 488 | 1:9,279 | 1,609 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| South Africa | 265 | 1:204,444 | 21,800 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Wales | 169 | 1:18,311 | 1,977 |
| Scotland | 130 | 1:41,183 | 3,837 |
| Iran | 125 | 1:614,260 | 33,895 |
| Russia | 74 | 1:1,947,609 | 122,573 |
| Jamaica | 65 | 1:44,153 | 2,715 |
| France | 65 | 1:1,021,888 | 113,182 |
| Brazil | 57 | 1:3,755,690 | 104,031 |
| Spain | 54 | 1:865,778 | 34,484 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Ireland | 31 | 1:151,901 | 6,891 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Denmark | 21 | 1:268,796 | 20,394 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Isle of Man | 11 | 1:7,802 | 1,618 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Northern Ireland | 9 | 1:205,004 | 9,958 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 11 | 1:402,715 | 14,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,520 | 1:5,393 | 820 |
| Wales | 99 | 1:15,843 | 942 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,908 | 1:6,350 | 796 |
Parish (1,702) may also be a first name.
Parish Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the parish,' from residence within its limits. 'Parysche, parochia': Promptorium Parvulorum No doubt at times confounded with Paris, which see.
Willelmus de Parysch, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas de Parysch, 1379: ibid.
Marjoria Parysch, Yorkshire, 1455.: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).
1787. Married — Samuel Parrish and Elizabeth Farrant: St. George, Hanover Square.
(Anglo-French-Latin-Greek) Dweller at the Ecclesiastical Area so called [Middle English parisch(e, parysch(e, French paroisse, Latin parœcia, Greek παροικία, a sojourning] Willelmus de Parysch.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.
(English) One who resided within the limits of the parish, a territorial division originally in the care of a single priest; one who had something to do with the organization or government of the parish.
This rather singular name may be thus accounted for. In many parts of the South of England, in country places, the word parish is used, not so much with reference to the parochial district, as to the village immediately adjacent to the church. Hence, at the period when plebeian surnames began, two Johns or two Roberts, residing in the same ecclesiastical parochia, might be called respectively, John or Robert at Field, at Moor, at Hill, or what not-or John or Robert "at the Parish.'' The family of this name formerly settled in Lincolnshire, consider it to be a modification of Paris, the French metropolis.
Parish Demographics
Average Parish Salary in
United States
$42,220 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Parish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Parish Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Parish (Arabic: باريش, Hindi: परीश, Marathi: परीश, Oriya: ପରିଶ, Russian: Париш) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Parish? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 17,285th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 227,359 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Parish reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Parish is also the 186,271st most frequent first name in the world, borne by 1,702 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 18,429 people, or 1 in 19,668. In The United States Parish is primarily found in: Texas, where 14 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 91 countries. It is also found in England, where 18 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.
Parish Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Parish has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Parish surname rose 233 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 131 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 171 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,444 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 282 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Parish Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Parish surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Parish last name are 14.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.86% being registered with the party.
The amount Parish earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 3.46% more than the national average, earning R 245,856 per year; in United States they earn 2.15% less than the national average, earning $42,220 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.14% more than the national average, earning $50,744 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Parish Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Parish in the Marathi language | ||
| परीश | parisa | 46.3 |
| परीष | parisa | 20.37 |
| पारीश | parisa | 14.81 |
| पािरश | pairasa | 6.48 |
| पािरष | pairasa | 5.56 |
| पारेख | parekha | 1.85 |
| पॅरीश | perisa | 1.85 |
| परेश | paresa | 1.85 |
| परीस | parisa | 0.93 |
| Parish in the Oriya language | ||
| ପରିଶ | parisa | 38.46 |
| ପରିଷ | parisa | 23.08 |
| ପାରିଶ | parisa | 15.38 |
| ପରୀଶ | parisa | 15.38 |
| ପରୀଷ | parisa | 7.69 |
| Parish in the Hindi language | ||
| परीश | parisa | 33.33 |
| पारिश | parisa | 14.81 |
| परिश | parisa | 14.81 |
| पारिस | parisa | 11.11 |
| पारिष | parisa | 5.56 |
| परिष | parisa | 5.56 |
| पारीश | parisa | 5.56 |
| परीष | parisa | 3.7 |
| परिष्ता | parista | 1.85 |
| पारीष | parisa | 1.85 |
| पारषि | parasi | 1.85 |
| Parish in the Russian language | ||
| Париш | paris | - |
| Parish in the Arabic language | ||
| باريش | barysh | - |
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