Parapen Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Parapen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Parapen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius441:29,3965,731
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Parapen Last Name Facts

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

Parapen (Marathi: परपेन) is more commonly found in Mauritius than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Parapen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,605,694th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Parapen is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Parapen reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean.

This last name is most common in Mauritius, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 29,396. In Mauritius Parapen is most numerous in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 98 percent live and Rivière Noire District, where 2 percent live. Apart from Mauritius this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Parapent931/
Parappen931/
Parapin8615/
Perapen8614/
Parapyn861/
Parapina8069/
Peerapen8028/
Parapint801/
Parapim7117/
Poropen711/
Perrapin671/
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Parapen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Parapen in the Marathi language
परपेनparapena-

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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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  • 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 Parapen
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