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    The surname Parish

    A surname, carried by 14,466 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P620

    Parish: #2,498 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Parish #2,498, 14,466 people Parish: #2,498 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Parish #2,498, 14,466 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parish is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,466 people named Parish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,343 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,250.

    #2,498
    rank among US surnames
    14,466
    people in 2010
    4.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,327)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,489Roark14,50921,280
    #2,490Hostetler14,50521,285
    #2,491Herrington14,49821,296
    #2,492Higginbotham14,48921,309
    #2,493Carnes14,48721,312
    #2,494Tobias14,48221,319
    #2,495Soria14,47721,327

    Who is named Parish

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

    81% of people named Parish identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Parishs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert Parish
      American former basketball player (born 1953)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Parish

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Parish?
    14,466 people in the United States had the surname Parish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,343 Americans. It ranked 2,498th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Parish?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Parish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Parish?
    Robert Parish, American former basketball player (born 1953).
    Where is the surname Parish most common?
    Wikidata records people named Parish in the United States.
    Is the surname Parish getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,250 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,466 in 2010, up 1.5%.