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parr Name Meaning and History

  1. English: habitational name from Parr in Lancashire, which was named in Old English with pearr ‘enclosure’.
  2. German: from Middle Low German parre ‘parish’, ‘district’, ‘minister’s house’; a metonymic occupational name for a parson or for someone who worked in a parsonage or manse. Compare Pfarr.

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Distribution of parr Families in the US in 1920
Number of parr families
 108-213
 37-107		 1-36
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Parr's of Kendal and Prescott in the 1500's shelagh2 1
Parr's in Rockdale, Newton, and Henry Counties, Georgia deena0928 0
Cassie Parr of Georgia Sandra 3
Parr Family, Nottingham KarenMJohnson 13
London Parrs thatgirl101 2
PARRs in Iowa Karen Hall Blunk 6
Parr, Craig A. (OBIT PA 3-13-2008) obituary33b 1
Looking for relatives of IDA PARR, Sunday School Teacher ~1890 Randy Parr 2
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PARR W E 1866 1887 son of J Carson and R Parr t42IOOF_DenCoTX 0
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