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    The surname Paris

    A French place surname, carried by 17,707 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈpæɹɪs/ 2 syllables Soundex P620 Also a first name

    Paris: #2,033 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Paris #2,033, 17,707 people Paris: #2,033 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Paris #2,033, 17,707 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Paris is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From Middle English Parys, Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe, from Transalpine Gaulish *parios (“cauldron”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Doublet of Parizh.

    Paris is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 17,707 people named Paris in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,436 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,813.

    #2,033
    rank among US surnames
    17,707
    people in 2010
    6.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #1,970)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,024Lorenzo17,82517,321
    #2,025Longoria17,81817,328
    #2,026Pelletier17,80817,337
    #2,027Sneed17,80417,341
    #2,028Skaggs17,77817,367
    #2,029Alcala17,75817,386
    #2,030Munson17,74517,399

    Who is named Paris

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    75% of people named Paris identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.3%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pariss

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jerry Paris
      American actor and director (1925-1986)
    • Victoria Paris
      American pornographic actress (1960-2021)
    • Courtney Paris
      American basketball player (born 1987)
    • Bob Paris
      American-Canadian writer,actor, civil rights activist and retired pro athlete, born 1959
    • Twila Paris
      American songwriter and singer, born 1958

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Paris

    Paris has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Paris come from?
    From Middle English Parys, Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe, from Transalpine Gaulish *parios (“cauldron”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos, from Proto-Indo-European…
    How common is the surname Paris?
    17,707 people in the United States had the surname Paris in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,436 Americans. It ranked 2,033rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Paris?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Paris identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Paris?
    Jerry Paris, American actor and director (1925-1986), followed by Victoria Paris.
    Where is the surname Paris most common?
    Wikidata records people named Paris in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Paris?
    Paris is /ˈpæɹɪs/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Paris?
    Paris is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Paris getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,813 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,707 in 2010, up 5.3%.
    What are other spellings of Paris?
    Paree, Parish, Parris, Parrish, Pares and Parise.
    Is Paris also a first name?
    Yes. Paris is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.