The Parris surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,710 people carried this name — #2,839 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,200 people counted. That is up 6% from 11,977 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Parris surname

An English habitational surname, a variant of Paris.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Parris» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Paris’.

An early record he cites: Lotyn de Paris, Lincolnshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Paris, Parriss, Parris and Pariss.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 584 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 56 people named Parris live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 45
Corrientes 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 46 people named Parris.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Nord.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Nord 18
French Guiana 9
Creuse 6
Paris 6
Ille-et-Vilaine 2
Gironde 1
Loire-Atlantique 1
Somme 1

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

In print

Parris in American newspapers,
1893–1914.

Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Parris
The Birmingham Age-herald 1914-09-06
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Parris
The Birmingham Age-herald 1914-08-23
Newspaper page from The Austin Weekly Statesman carrying the name Parris
The Austin Weekly Statesman 1893-11-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,760 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Parris in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

2,608 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Parris. The most, 607, date from the 1860s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 921
New South Wales 533
Queensland 490
Tasmania 451
South Australia 161
Western Australia 28
ACT (Canberra) 17

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Parris.

Who carried it

People named Parris,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Samuel Parris
    Samuel Parris 1653–1720 · merchant
  • Alexander Parris
    Alexander Parris 1780–1852 · architect
  • Albion Parris
    Albion Parris 1788–1857 · judge
  • Virgil D. Parris
    Virgil D. Parris 1807–1874 · lawyer
  • Marion Parris Smith
    Marion Parris Smith 1879–1964 · economist
  • Elizabeth Parris 1682–1760

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Parris,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States750 records

750 records of the Parris name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 355
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 127
  • Other U.S. records 268
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Sylvester I. Parris

    Born 1926 in New York. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Upton Yaphank; metal grinder from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1973, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Bobby James Parris

    Born 1948; from Sylva, North Carolina. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Nicolas Parris

    Arrived at New York in 1890 aboard the Friesland from Antwerp, aged 22; laborer. From Luxemburg; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 750 records for Parris in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia126 records

126 records of the Parris name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 44
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 42
  • Other Australian records 40
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Susan Parris

    Died 1889 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 66. Will registered in Tasmania in 1889.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Chas Parris

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Donald McKay, aged 21; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joseph Parris

    Arrived in Queensland in 1911 aboard the Marathon, aged 18.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 126 records for Parris in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada124 records

124 records of the Parris name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 123
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Garfield Parris

    Served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion in the First World War, private; of Newport Station, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Andrew Halliday Parris

    Died in service in 1915.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Elizabeth Vivian Parris

    Died 1970 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, aged 35.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 124 records for Parris in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France19 records

19 records of the Parris name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Julien Octave Parris

    Born 1917 in Clichy (Paris); died 1976 in Maisons-Laffitte (Yvelines).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jacqueline Renee Parris

    Born 1931 in Avesnes-sur-Helpe; died 1998 in Maubeuge (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Alphonse Renel Parris

    Born 1900 in Avesnelles; died 1980 in Hautmont (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 19 records for Parris in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

New Zealand17 records

17 records of the Parris name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 14
  • Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records 3
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Alice Parris

    Died 1943, aged 64; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Grant Clyde Parris

    Died 1992, aged 58; buried at Totara Memorial Park Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Arthur Cyril Parris

    Died 1987, aged 85; buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 17 records for Parris in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom10 records

10 records of the Parris name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 5
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 4
  • Stirling Council burial records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Margaret Parris

    Died 1964, aged 42; buried at Dunblane Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Matthew Parris

    Buried in 1853 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 53.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. Parris

    York and Lancaster Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Parris in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands5 records

5 records of the Parris name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Daniel Parris

    Married in 1658 in Heusden.

    Open Archives, Streekarchief Langstraat Heusden Altena (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Grietje Parris

    Buried in 1801 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Daniel Parris

    Married in 1630 in Heusden.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Parris in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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