Parmar Surname

4,136th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136,073 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Fiji

Parmar Surname User-submission:

It is an Indian surname. Pawar Surname is found among the Rajput origin. Pawar is also a clan among the Maratha and Chhetri (Khas Rajput) clan of Nepal.

Parmar is a Jat, Gurjar and Rajput clan found in Northern India, especially in Rajasthan, Kutch and Sindh.

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Parmar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India107,9351:7,107618
England11,6001:4,803659
Canada3,7221:9,8991,479
United States3,6311:99,82311,090
United Arab Emirates1,6631:5,509685
Saudi Arabia1,1131:27,7233,883
Australia8141:33,1644,379
Thailand6961:101,49214,595
Oman5471:6,742959
Tanzania4391:120,59611,477
Bahrain4111:3,281540
Pakistan3581:499,0058,631
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Qatar3341:7,060755
New Zealand3151:14,3762,523
Fiji3141:2,848493
Kenya3141:147,07011,753
Kuwait2221:17,1202,252
Singapore1331:41,4111,573
Zimbabwe1161:133,08817,509
Germany891:904,55664,175
Malaysia851:346,99118,513
South Africa851:637,38547,411
Sweden681:144,80510,193
Indonesia601:2,204,153134,948
Wales571:54,2904,971
Hong Kong561:130,9912,371
Poland501:760,17561,940
Scotland491:109,2627,254
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Switzerland331:248,87620,666
Zambia321:495,31022,215
China231:59,448,7643,236
Russia231:6,266,220254,708
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
Philippines201:5,061,911170,869
Norway171:302,48730,120
Guam161:10,0081,526
Austria151:567,69652,281
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Venezuela151:2,013,60524,362
Finland121:458,05828,977
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Libya91:693,7751,982
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Swaziland91:144,244719
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Nepal41:7,120,23914,461
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Jordan31:2,947,47921,051
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
France21:33,211,361423,184
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Northern Cyprus21:159,5069,062
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Macau11:601,6301,582
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

The alternate forms: Parmár (1) & Pàřmàř (1) are calculated separately.

Parmar (943) may also be a first name.

Parmar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It is an Indian surname. Pawar Surname is found among the Rajput origin. Pawar is also a clan among the Maratha and Chhetri (Khas Rajput) clan of Nepal.

Parmar is a Jat, Gurjar and Rajput clan found in Northern India, especially in Rajasthan, Kutch and Sindh. There are multiple variants of the name, including Pramar, Panwar, Pawar, Powar, Puwar, Punwar and Puar.

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This is originally a section of BirGurjar community.

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Parmar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Parmar (Bengali: পারমার, Hindi: परमार, Marathi: परमार, Oriya: ପରମାର, Russian: Пармар) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Parmár or Pàřmàř. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Parmar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,136th most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 53,556 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Parmar live; 80 percent live in South Asia and 79 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Parmar is also the 263,138th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 943 people.

The last name Parmar is most widespread in India, where it is held by 107,935 people, or 1 in 7,107. In India Parmar is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 60 percent live, Gujarat, where 13 percent live and Punjab, where 3 percent live. Barring India Parmar is found in 99 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Parmar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Parmar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Parmar last name expanded 18,155 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Parmar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Parmar surname are 3.46% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.69% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Parmar earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 12.62% less than the national average, earning 302,403 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 1.3% more than the national average, earning R 240,720 per year; in United States they earn 18.77% more than the national average, earning $51,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.87% more than the national average, earning $55,582 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Parmar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Parmar in the Bengali language
পারমারparamara-
Parmar in the Marathi language
परमारparamara99.03
पारमारparamara0.17
परामारparamara0.08
पमर्रpamarra0.05
परमरparamara0.04
पारसparasa0.03
अमरamara0.03
परमालparamala0.03
परागparaga0.02
िपटरipatara0.02
नमर्दाnamarda0.02
पारमरparamara0.01
रमारramara0.01
पवारpavara0.01
परमानparamana0.01
परमाparama0.01
परामरparamara0.01
परातेparate0
परपारparapara0
पारतुparatu0
रामकृramakr0
परमाटparamata0
पवर्लpavarla0
अमरिशamarisa0
परनारparanara0
पंमारpammara0
पवर्तpavarta0
अमराamara0
पामर्रpamarra0
नरमारnaramara0
ममरीmamari0
परमार्paramar0
परीमलparimala0
परशोparaso0
चरमारcaramara0
पामारpamara0
पसारpasara0
Parmar in the Hindi language
परमारparamara98.88
पर्मारparmara0.43
सिंहsinha0.29
परमानparamana0.1
पारमारparamara0.07
परमरparamara0.07
पमारpamara0.02
प्रमारpramara0.02
परमाparama0.02
परिमारparimara0.02
शंकरsankara0.02
Parmar in the Oriya language
ପରମାରparamara66.1
ପମର୍ାରpamarara13.56
ପାରମାରparamara11.86
ପରମରparamara3.39
ପାମର୍ାରpamarara3.39
ପାରମରparamara1.69
Parmar in the Russian language
Пармарparmar-

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