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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Parrish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:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Parrish families
 170 - 338  57 - 169 |
 1 - 56  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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 Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Parrish
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Parrish Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Parrish census records
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Parrish Civil War Service Records
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