Parsons Surname
Approximately 170,219 people bear this surname
Parsons Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the parson's son'; compare Taylorson, Hindson, Smithson, Clerkson, &c. A small but distinct class of surnames. Parsons is genitive; compare Williams, Jones, &c.
Clemens fil. Persone, Norfolk, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameParsons Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 86,131 | 1:4,208 | 468 |
| England | 36,803 | 1:1,514 | 163 |
| Canada | 17,570 | 1:2,097 | 228 |
| Australia | 15,364 | 1:1,757 | 217 |
| South Africa | 3,517 | 1:15,405 | 1,942 |
| Wales | 2,893 | 1:1,070 | 96 |
| New Zealand | 2,409 | 1:1,880 | 249 |
| Ireland | 700 | 1:6,727 | 992 |
| Scotland | 669 | 1:8,003 | 1,187 |
| Argentina | 379 | 1:112,779 | 9,518 |
| France | 301 | 1:220,673 | 34,242 |
| Jamaica | 295 | 1:9,729 | 1,057 |
| Thailand | 272 | 1:259,700 | 44,253 |
| Cayman Islands | 240 | 1:266 | 40 |
| Spain | 217 | 1:215,447 | 14,471 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Zimbabwe | 164 | 1:94,136 | 13,392 |
| Northern Ireland | 158 | 1:11,677 | 1,751 |
| British Virgin Islands | 154 | 1:205 | 40 |
| Germany | 150 | 1:536,703 | 44,788 |
| Singapore | 116 | 1:47,480 | 1,839 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 110 | 1:1,024 | 236 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 83 | 1:16,433 | 2,039 |
| Japan | 76 | 1:1,682,162 | 25,629 |
| Switzerland | 71 | 1:115,675 | 11,889 |
| Netherlands | 62 | 1:272,374 | 33,874 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 47 | 1:2,348 | 405 |
| Brazil | 46 | 1:4,653,790 | 122,015 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Liberia | 46 | 1:95,838 | 7,727 |
| Sweden | 44 | 1:223,790 | 15,522 |
| Philippines | 38 | 1:2,664,164 | 134,326 |
| Chile | 37 | 1:476,121 | 12,335 |
| Guernsey | 37 | 1:1,742 | 400 |
| Isle of Man | 36 | 1:2,384 | 463 |
| Mexico | 35 | 1:3,546,463 | 24,778 |
| Bermuda | 31 | 1:2,106 | 336 |
| Colombia | 31 | 1:1,541,099 | 10,974 |
| Malta | 30 | 1:14,342 | 837 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Norway | 26 | 1:197,780 | 22,769 |
| Greece | 25 | 1:443,192 | 58,048 |
| Sierra Leone | 25 | 1:283,585 | 406 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Denmark | 21 | 1:268,796 | 20,394 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Panama | 17 | 1:230,133 | 6,157 |
| Ecuador | 16 | 1:994,115 | 14,535 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Finland | 14 | 1:392,622 | 26,475 |
| Honduras | 12 | 1:734,704 | 4,016 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:12,400 | 2,398 |
| South Korea | 8 | 1:6,405,032 | 1,091 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Samoa | 4 | 1:48,452 | 659 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Barbados | 3 | 1:95,816 | 1,797 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Gambia | 3 | 1:641,150 | 991 |
| Malawi | 3 | 1:5,706,370 | 34,070 |
| Norfolk Island | 3 | 1:765 | 177 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 1:13,630,784 | 7,358 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 432 | 1:10,254 | 1,476 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20,014 | 1:1,218 | 141 |
| Wales | 673 | 1:2,330 | 156 |
| Guernsey | 59 | 1:553 | 92 |
| Scotland | 50 | 1:74,864 | 4,249 |
| Jersey | 13 | 1:3,991 | 684 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18,220 | 1:2,756 | 308 |
Parsons (270) may also be a first name.
Parsons Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the parson's son'; compare Taylorson, Hindson, Smithson, Clerkson, &c. A small but distinct class of surnames. Parsons is genitive; compare Williams, Jones, &c.
Clemens fil. Persone, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William Parson, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
John Personson, Pardons Roll, 6 Richard II.
Johannes Parsonson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Isabel Parsones, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
1570. Married —Thomas Parsons and Agnes Smythe: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1775. Married — William Horrex and Ann Parsonson: St. George, Hanover Square.
Some Irish families called Parsons may be of Gaelic origin. In the Tudor Fiants we frequently meet MacEparson, MacParson etc. In Scotland this name became MacPherson.
The Parson’s (Son): v. Parson1.
An Anglo-Irish family of note settled at Birr (Parsonstown) at the end of the sixteenth century. IF 298; SIF 161
(Welsh, English) The son of the parson; the son of Par, a pet form of Peter (rock).
In t. Eliz. Christopher and John P., alias Frowde, occur in Wilts, also Richard Parsons (Proceedings in Chanc.). In 1318 John Parsons had been bailsman for an M.P. for Wilton, Wilts (Parliamentary Writs); Matilda Persona paid talliage, Norfolk, t. Richard I. (Rotulus Cancellarii), and the name seems to have come from Normandy, fort. Philip Augustus Odo Persona held lands in Normandy (MSAN, v. 181), and the family of De La Personne long continued there. Hence the Parsons, Earls of Rosse.
Parsons. —A striking example of a purely south of England name, not to be found in my list north of a line drawn west from the Wash. It is represented in most of the southern counties, but its great home is in Wilts, whilst it is also numerous in most of the counties around this centre, namely, in Somerset, Dorset, Hants, Oxfordshire, and Monmouthshire.
Parsons Demographics
Parsons Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Parsons Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Parsons Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Parsons (Georgian: პარსონს, Russian: Парсонс) is most common in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Parsons click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Parsons? popularity and diffusion
The surname Parsons is the 3,304th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,813 people. Parsons is mostly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Parsons live; 59 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 541,116th most widespread given name in the world It is held by 270 people.
It is most common in The United States, where it is held by 86,131 people, or 1 in 4,208. In The United States Parsons is most common in: California, where 8 percent reside, Texas, where 7 percent reside and Ohio, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 129 countries. It is also found in England, where 22 percent reside and Canada, where 10 percent reside.
Parsons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Parsons has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 473 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 184 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 430 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 162 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 1,338 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Parsons Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (59%) in Ireland.
In The United States Parsons are 14.51% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.28% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Parsons earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 57.63% more than the national average, earning 545,529 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 54.1% more than the national average, earning R 366,204 per year; in Colombia they earn 68.77% more than the national average, earning $38,316,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.12% more than the national average, earning $43,202 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.01% more than the national average, earning $49,690 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearsons | 93 | 393 | / |
| Parson's | 93 | 5 | / |
| Parsonns | 93 | 4 | / |
| Parsonss | 93 | 2 | / |
| Parsions | 93 | 2 | / |
| Parsoins | 93 | 1 | / |
| Parsouns | 93 | 1 | / |
| Parsonse | 93 | 1 | / |
| Parrsons | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pasrsons | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pparsons | 93 | 1 | / |
| Parssons | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pairsons | 93 | 0 | / |
| Persons | 86 | 5,366 | / |
| Parsans | 86 | 12 | / |
| Parsoms | 86 | 4 | / |
| Parzons | 86 | 3 | / |
| Porsons | 86 | 2 | / |
| Parsuns | 86 | 1 | / |
| Parsonsová | 82 | 1 | / |
| Persoons | 80 | 1,878 | / |
| Poirsons | 80 | 1 | / |
| Perssons | 80 | 0 | / |
| Peirsons | 80 | 0 | / |
| Phersons | 80 | 0 | / |
| Peersons | 80 | 0 | / |
| Phersoons | 75 | 0 | / |
| Persans | 71 | 20 | / |
| Parcans | 71 | 1 | / |
| Parsams | 71 | 0 | / |
| Parshams | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pourshams | 50 | 372 | / |
| Parchance | 50 | 0 | / |
Parsons Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Parsons in the Georgian language | ||
| პარსონს | parsons | - |
| Parsons in the Russian language | ||
| Парсонс | parsons | - |
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