Parisi surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Parisi surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,130 people carried this name — #4,010 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,200 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 523 people named Parisi.

Most of them — 286 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 286
Bouches-du-Rhône 52
Hérault 27
Alpes-Maritimes 22
Paris 21
Rhône 16
Var 10
Isère 8
Côte-d’Or 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

486 people named Parisi live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 107
Zurich 74
Vaud 67
Lucerne 32
Aargau 31
Geneva 29
St. Gallen 25
Basel-Stadt 22

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 326 people named Parisi 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 map

Where they live today

Hainaut 227
Liège 58
Limburg 18
Namur 18
Flemish Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

20 people named Parisi have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 61 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Subcarpathian 8
Lesser Poland 4
Holy Cross 4
Lower Silesian 2
Podlaskie 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Parisi in American newspapers,
1890–1955.

Newspaper page from The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo carrying the name Parisi
The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo 1890-12-30
Newspaper page from L'Italia carrying the name Parisi
L'Italia 1908-11-06
Newspaper page from Newark Evening Star And Newark Advertiser carrying the name Parisi
Newark Evening Star And Newark Advertiser 1914-05-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,661 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Parisi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giuseppe Parisi
    Giuseppe Parisi 1745–1831 · military leader
  • Vincenzo Parisi
    Vincenzo Parisi 1930–1994 · civil servant
  • Franca Parisi
    Franca Parisi 1933– · actor
  • Arturo Parisi
    Arturo Parisi 1940– · politician
  • Giorgio Parisi
    Giorgio Parisi 1948– · scientist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 159 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

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