Paragas Surname
Approximately 15,214 people bear this surname
Paragas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 13,555 | 1:7,469 | 672 |
| United States | 660 | 1:549,180 | 45,430 |
| Saudi Arabia | 596 | 1:51,772 | 7,760 |
| Canada | 91 | 1:404,897 | 35,698 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Guam | 29 | 1:5,521 | 755 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Taiwan | 15 | 1:1,562,983 | 10,375 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Paragas (287) may also be a first name.
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Paragas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paragas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Paragas (Arabic: باراغاس, Hindi: परगास, Marathi: परगास) is found in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paragas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Paragas is the 34,821st most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 479,003 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Paragas live; 89 percent live in Southeast Asia and 88 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 522,011th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 287 people.
It is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 13,555 people, or 1 in 7,469. In The Philippines Paragas is most numerous in: Ilocos, where 41 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 17 percent are found and Central Luzon, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account The Philippines it exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 4 percent are found.
Paragas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Paragas surname are 41.11% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.34% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Paragas earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 22.06% less than the national average, earning R 185,208 per year; in United States they earn 34.86% more than the national average, earning $58,189 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.78% less than the national average, earning $42,838 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Paragas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Paragas in the Marathi language | ||
| परगास | paragasa | - |
| Paragas in the Hindi language | ||
| परगास | paragasa | 96.04 |
| पारगास | paragasa | 1.98 |
| प्रकाशी | prakasi | 0.99 |
| परागा | paraga | 0.99 |
| Paragas in the Arabic language | ||
| باراغاس | baraghas | - |
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Paragas Reference & Research
Paragas FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Paragas
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis