Parakash Surname

215,090th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,911 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Parakash Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Parakash Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,8631:411,73721,669
Pakistan231:7,767,12541,967
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Parakash (4,747) may also be a first name.

Parakash Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Parakash Come From? nationality or country of origin

Parakash (Hindi: प्रकाश, Marathi: आकाश, Oriya: ପରକାଶ) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Parakash click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Parakash? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 215,090th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 3,813,472 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Parakash live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Parakash is also the 99,341st most widely held forename on earth It is held by 4,747 people.

Parakash is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 1,863 people, or 1 in 411,737. In India Parakash is most prevalent in: Rajasthan, where 38 percent live, Haryana, where 21 percent live and Chandigarh, where 18 percent live. Not including India this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 1 percent live and Qatar, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Parakash Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Parakash in the Hindi language
प्रकाशprakasa83.36
परकाशparakasa16.41
पारकाशparakasa0.11
पा्रकाशparakasa0.06
्परकाशparakasa0.03
प्रकाश्ाprakasa0.03
Parakash in the Oriya language
ପରକାଶparakasa63.64
ପାରକାଶparakasa18.18
ପାରକାଷparakasa9.09
ପାରକାparaka9.09
Parakash in the Marathi language
आकाशakasa37.5
पारखीparakhi12.5
परकाशparakasa12.5
परकशparakasa12.5
पंकाशpankasa12.5
फकाशphakasa12.5

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Parakash
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