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parrish Name Meaning and History

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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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the parrish family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of parrish Families in the US in 1920
Number of parrish families
 170-338
 57-169		 1-56
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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