Popularity of the last name by country
Poland
- Mazowieckie (31)
- Kujawsko Pomorskie (1)
- Pomorskie (1)
All countries
- United Kingdom (260,850)
- United States (151,153)
- Australia (12,138)
- Ireland (7,244)
- New Zealand (6,233)
- Canada (5,410)
- Unknown country (3,662)
- France (3,309)
- Italy (625)
- Germany (523)
- Belgium (330)
- Netherlands (300)
- Switzerland (246)
- Mexico (195)
- Greece (189)
- India (182)
- Sweden (161)
- Colombia (157)
- Spain (150)
- South Africa (138)
- Lebanon (93)
- China (91)
- Argentina (88)
- Norway (88)
- Denmark (73)
- Brazil (71)
- Peru (71)
- Turkey (68)
- Russian Federation (64)
- Egypt (57)
- Madagascar (52)
- Martinique (52)
- Indonesia (50)
- Israel (50)
- Austria (47)
- Poland (47)
- Palestine (46)
- Cayman Islands (40)
- Czech republic (40)
- Mauritius (40)
Origine of last name
PARSONS : 1: English: occupational name for the servant of a parish priest or parson from the possessive case of Middle English persone parsoun (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Parson">Parson</a>).2: English: many early examples are found with the prepositions (e.g. Ralph del Persones 1323); these are habitational names with the omission of house hence in effect occupational names for servants employed at the parson's house.3: English: post-medieval variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Parson">Parson</a> with excrescent -s. Alternatively Parson may be a shortened form of Parsons.4: Irish: usually of English origin (see above) but sometimes a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Phearsain which is of Highland Scottish origin (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/McPherson">McPherson</a>).
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