Parrish Family History
Parrish Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Parrish
Name Distribution of Parrish Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Parrish families
 135 - 268  46 - 134 |
 1 - 45  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Parrish families
|
3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Parrish census records
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Parrish Family Origin
Parrish Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Parrish Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Parrish census records
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Military Service by Parrish
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