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    The surname Parrish

    A surname, carried by 49,733 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P620

    Parrish: #694 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Parrish #694, 49,733 people Parrish: #694 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Parrish #694, 49,733 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Parrish is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 49,733 people named Parrish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,208 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 48,823.

    #694
    rank among US surnames
    49,733
    people in 2010
    17
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #632)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #685Wiggins50,2476,145
    #686Grimes50,2456,145
    #687Arellano50,1046,162
    #688Melton50,0696,166
    #689O'Neill50,0286,171
    #690Savage49,9146,186
    #691Ho49,8176,198

    Who is named Parrish

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

    80% of people named Parrish identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Parrishs

    15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Janel Parrish
      American actress and singer, born 1988
    • Hunter Parrish
      American actor, born 1987
    • 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, 1935–2025
    • Julie Parrish
      American actress (1940-2003)
    • Mark Parrish
      American ice hockey player, born 1977
    • Gigi Parrish
      American actress (1912–2006)
    • Lance Parrish
      American baseball player and coach, born 1956
    • Dominique Parrish
      American freestyle wrestler, born 1996
    • Theo Parrish
      American musician, born 1972

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Parrish

    Parrish 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 Parrish?
    49,733 people in the United States had the surname Parrish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,208 Americans. It ranked 694th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Parrish?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Parrish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Parrish?
    Janel Parrish, American actress and singer, followed by Hunter Parrish.
    Where is the surname Parrish most common?
    Wikidata records people named Parrish in the United States.
    Is the surname Parrish getting more or less common?
    More common. 48,823 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 49,733 in 2010, up 1.9%.
    What are other spellings of Parrish?
    Parish.