Parsons

See also: parsons and pärsōns

English

Etymology

An occupational surname for a child or a servant of a parson.

  • In the United States adopted by bearers of one or more similar sounding Jewish surnames, and of the Swedish surnames Pärsson and Persson.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Parsons

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A city in Labette County, Kansas.
    2. An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Missouri.
    3. A city in Decatur County, Tennessee.
    4. A city, the county seat of Tucker County, West Virginia.

Derived terms

Statistics

According to the 1990 census of the United States Parsons is the 439th most common surname with 64,662 people having the surname residing there, representing 0.026% of the population.

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