# Parrish (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/parrish/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 49,733 |
| US rank (2010) | 694 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,208 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (48,823 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Parish |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Parrish in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Parrish in the United States.

## People named Parrish

- Janel Parrish, American actress and singer
- Hunter Parrish, American actor
- Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator (1870-1966)
- Robert Parrish, American film director (1916–1995)
- Helen Parrish, American actress (1923-1959)
- Leslie Parrish, American actress
- Julie Parrish, American actress (1940-2003)
- Mark Parrish, American ice hockey player
- Gigi Parrish, American actress (1912–2006)
- Lance Parrish, American baseball player and coach
- Dominique Parrish, American freestyle wrestler
- Theo Parrish, American musician

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Parish, Parks, Paris, Parris, Parisi, Parikh, Parekh, Parise, Paras, Pariseau, Pharris, Pharis.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.