Frequency: (105)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Muslim: from a personal name based on Persian parsa ‘chaste’, ‘devout’, ‘pious’.
2. Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city): Parsi and Muslim ethnic name meaning ‘Persian’.
GIVEN NAMES: Muslim 68%. Ali (4), Hassan (2), Abbas, Afshin, Ahmad, Aref, Aziz, Bahram, Behzad, Ebrahim, Ehsan, Firouzeh.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
