Parpala Surname

265,828th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,471 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Parpala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Parpala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1,1011:18,2362,359
Finland2771:19,8442,808
United States481:7,551,228341,161
Sweden251:393,87027,867
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
India51:153,413,076951,030
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

The alternate forms: Parpală (229), Pârpală (1) & Părpală (1) are calculated separately.

Parpala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Parpala (Marathi: परपाला) occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Parpală, Pârpală or Părpală. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Parpala? popularity and diffusion

The last name Parpala is the 265,828th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,954,144 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Parpala are found; 75 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 75 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Romania, where it is held by 1,101 people, or 1 in 18,236. In Romania Parpala is mostly found in: Dolj County, where 19 percent reside, Gorj County, where 16 percent reside and Teleorman County, where 12 percent reside. Barring Romania this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Parpala Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Parpala surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Parpala earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 49.45% less than the national average, earning $21,812 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Parpala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Parpala in the Marathi language
परपालाparapala-

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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 Parpala
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