Parisi
A surname usually meaning “from Paris” or “of Paris,” especially used for people with an Italian or southern European family background.
The #4,259 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 37,082 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Parisi is generally understood as a surname formed from the place name Paris, with an Italian plural-style ending. In Italian surnames, forms like this often point to a family’s origin in a city or region rather than to a personal trait or occupation. The name ultimately goes back to Latin Parisii, the ancient tribe associated with the Paris area.
History
The surname is best known in Italy, especially in forms tied to southern and central Italian naming patterns, and it also appears in diaspora communities in the Americas and elsewhere. Because it is toponymic, it likely arose independently in more than one place for families identified as having come from Paris or from a locality linked to that name. In modern use it is fairly uncommon in the United States compared with many other Italian surnames.
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Fun fact
Paris is one of those surnames that can look French at a glance but is very often encountered as a distinctly Italian family name.