The Parry surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,555 people carried this name — #3,383 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 10,130 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Parry surname
Anglicised from Welsh ap Harri, "son of Henry".
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Parry» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 373 people named Parry.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Creuse.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 45 people named Parry 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
44 people named Parry live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
54 people named Parry are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Parry in American newspapers,
1774–1853.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 263,541 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Parry,
with a public archive behind them.
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Margaret Wilmer 1655–1727 -
James Parry 1712–1770 · writer -
John Parry 1724–1797 · politician -
John Parry 1775–1846 · Christian minister -
Mary Parry 1781–1849
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 262 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Parry.
- Parret 218 · U.S. census
- Parrilla 2,207 · U.S. census
- Parrinello 807 · U.S. census
- Parro 309 · U.S. census
- Parron 238 · U.S. census
- Parrot 601 · U.S. census
- Parseghian 326 · U.S. census
- Parsi 292 · U.S. census
- Part 103 · U.S. census
- Partyka 1,239 · U.S. census
- Pary 136 · U.S. census
- Parys 318 · U.S. census
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