as a Last Name
- 55,306
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Parrish
Meaning & Origins
English (mainly southern): from the Old French habitational name and personal name Paris (see Paris 1). Parrish is the most common form of the name in English, and is the result of confusion between -s and -sh (compare Norris), reinforced by folk etymological association with the modern English word parish. In the 17th and 18th centuries the surname was occasionally bestowed on foundlings brought up at the expense of the parish.
| 618th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 55,306
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Carolina
- has the most people named Parrish per capita
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