How common is the surname Parris?

12,710 people in the United States had the surname Parris in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,292 Americans. It ranked 2,839th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Parris getting more or less common?

More common. 11,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,710 in 2010, up 6.1%.

What are other spellings of Parris?

Paris, Parish, Parrish and Pares.

Is Parris also a first name?

Yes. Parris 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.

The surname Parris

A surname, carried by 12,710 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P620 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parris is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

An English surname from the Celtic Parisi tribe of Yorkshire, the name of uncertain origin. Koch proposes derivation from Proto-Celtic *kʷert (“make, cause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (compare Welsh peri).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,710 people named Parris in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,292 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,977.

#2,839

rank among US surnames

12,710

people in 2010

4.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #2,764)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,830	Crisp	12,741	24,232
#2,831	Gillette	12,724	24,265
#2,832	Stock	12,722	24,269
#2,833	Messina	12,717	24,278
#2,836	Angulo	12,714	24,284
#2,837	Amato	12,713	24,286
#2,838	Wendt	12,712	24,288

Who is named Parris

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

66% of people named Parris identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Two or more races 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Parris

Parris 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 Parris?: 12,710 people in the United States had the surname Parris in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,292 Americans. It ranked 2,839th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Parris?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Parris identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Parris getting more or less common?: More common. 11,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,710 in 2010, up 6.1%.
What are other spellings of Parris?: Paris, Parish, Parrish and Pares.
Is Parris also a first name?: Yes. Parris 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.