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Where Does The Last Name Parah Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Parah (Georgian: ფარაჰ, Hindi: परह, Marathi: पराह, Oriya: ପାରହ) is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Parah? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Parah is the 284,799^th most common family name globally, borne by around 1 in 5,394,186 people. The last name Parah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Parah reside; 44 percent reside in South Asia and 37 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Parah is also the 253,646^th most frequently held first name globally, held by 1,006 people.

This surname is most common in Pakistan, where it is carried by 457 people, or 1 in 390,906. In Pakistan Parah is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 36 percent reside, Sindh, where 29 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Pakistan Parah occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 15 percent reside.

Parah Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Parah has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Parah Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Parah surname are 11.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 64.71% being registered to vote for the party.

Parah earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.8% less than the national average, earning $41,509 USD per year.