Parpalea Surname

811,192nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 344 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Parpalea Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Parpalea Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3331:60,2947,297
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Părpălea (9) & Pärpälea (1) are calculated separately.

Parpalea Last Name Facts

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

The surname Parpalea is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Părpălea or Pärpälea. For other possible spellings of Parpalea click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Parpalea? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 811,192nd most commonly held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 21,184,726 people. The surname Parpalea occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Parpalea live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Romania, where it is borne by 333 people, or 1 in 60,294. In Romania Parpalea is primarily concentrated in: Vaslui County, where 29 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 22 percent reside and Giurgiu County, where 21 percent reside. Besides Romania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent reside and Czechia, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Parpalea
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