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parish Name Meaning and History

English and Irish: variant spelling of Parrish.

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Distribution of parish Families in the US in 1920
Vermont: Less than 1% (6 of 3164)New Hampshire: Less than 1% (3 of 3164)Maryland: 1% (16 of 3164)Delaware: Less than 1% (0 of 3164)New Jersey: 1% (18 of 3164)Connecticut: Less than 1% (13 of 3164)Rhode Island: Less than 1% (5 of 3164)Massachusetts: 1% (32 of 3164)Hawaii: Less than 1% (3 of 3164)Alaska: Less than 1% (0 of 3164)California: 2% (76 of 3164)Nevada: Less than 1% (4 of 3164)Oregon: 1% (19 of 3164)Washington: 1% (31 of 3164)Idaho: 1% (18 of 3164)Utah: Less than 1% (4 of 3164)Arizona: Less than 1% (5 of 3164)New Mexico: Less than 1% (9 of 3164)Colorado: 1% (23 of 3164)Wyoming: Less than 1% (2 of 3164)Montana: Less than 1% (15 of 3164)North Dakota: Less than 1% (3 of 3164)South Dakota: Less than 1% (12 of 3164)Nebraska: 1% (34 of 3164)Kansas: 1% (44 of 3164)Oklahoma: 3% (83 of 3164)Texas: 7% (224 of 3164)Minnesota: 1% (30 of 3164)Iowa: 2% (61 of 3164)Missouri: 4% (119 of 3164)Arkansas: 3% (95 of 3164)Louisiana: 2% (59 of 3164)Illinois: 5% (154 of 3164)Wisconsin: 2% (61 of 3164)Michigan: 4% (137 of 3164)Indiana: 4% (122 of 3164)Ohio: 5% (170 of 3164)Kentucky: 4% (136 of 3164)West Virginia: 2% (69 of 3164)Tennessee: 3% (110 of 3164)Mississippi: 3% (80 of 3164)Alabama: 5% (150 of 3164)Florida: 4% (137 of 3164)Georgia: 5% (170 of 3164)South Carolina: 1% (46 of 3164)North Carolina: 5% (157 of 3164)Virginia: 3% (108 of 3164)Maryland: 1% (16 of 3164)Delaware: Less than 1% (0 of 3164)New Jersey: 1% (18 of 3164)Pennsylvania: 2% (74 of 3164)New York: 6% (202 of 3164)Connecticut: Less than 1% (13 of 3164)Rhode Island: Less than 1% (5 of 3164)Massachusetts: 1% (32 of 3164)Vermont: Less than 1% (6 of 3164)New Hampshire: Less than 1% (3 of 3164)Maine: Less than 1% (5 of 3164)
Number of parish families
 113-224
 38-112		 1-37
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