Paris Family History
Paris Name Meaning
French, English, and German: from the medieval personal name
Paris, which is actually an Old French variant of
Patrice (see Patrick), but which became associated with
the name of the Trojan prince Paris in Homer’s Iliad.French, English, and German: habitational name from the French
city of Paris or a nickname denoting someone who had Parisian
connections, for example through trade.Catalan
(París): from a reduced form of the personal name
Aparici, which was given to children born on the Feast of the
Epiphany, 6th January (see Aparicio).Hungarian
(Páris): from the personal name Páris or
Párizs.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Paris
Name Distribution of Paris Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Paris families
 119 - 236  40 - 118 |
 1 - 39  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Paris families
|
108 - 214 37 - 107 |
1 - 36 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Paris families
|
38 - 73 13 - 37 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Paris census records
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Paris Family Origin
Paris Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Paris
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Paris Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Paris census records
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Paris Civil War Service Records
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