The Paris surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 16,813 people carried this name — #1,970 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 12,774 people named Paris.
250 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 102 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
502 people named Paris live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 398 people named Paris live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
117 people named Paris have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 167 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paris.
- Parez 268 · U.S. census
- Parfait 899 · U.S. census
- Pariente 130 · U.S. census
- Parietti 109 · U.S. census
- Parin 165 · U.S. census
- Parini 249 · U.S. census
- Parise 2,672 · U.S. census
- Parisi 8,130 · U.S. census
- Parisien 629 · U.S. census
- Parison 151 · U.S. census
- Parisot 291 · U.S. census
- Parisotto 114 · U.S. census
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