Parapa Surname

523,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Parapa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Parapa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2571:2,984,69089,613
Indonesia2081:635,81350,069
Papua New Guinea761:107,28614,507
Russia611:2,362,673139,353
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873

Parapa (2,555) may also be a first name.

Parapa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Parapa (Marathi: परापा, Oriya: ପାରପ, Russian: Парапа) has its highest incidence in India. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Parapa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 523,789th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 11,754,106 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Parapa live; 41 percent live in South Asia and 41 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 145,755th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 2,555 people.

It is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 257 people, or 1 in 2,984,690. In India it is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 96 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 4 percent are found. Outside of India this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 34 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found.

Parapa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Parapa last name is principally Orthodox (88%) in Russia.

Phonetically Similar Names

Parapa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Parapa in the Oriya language
ପାରପparapa-
Parapa in the Marathi language
परापाparapa73.08
पारपाparapa20
पारापाparapa3.08
परपाparapa0.77
परजाparaja0.77
Parapa in the Russian language
Парапаparapa-

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