Para is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Para
No. of characters: 4
Origin: India
Meaning: In France, the name is focused in the Hautes-Alpes, where it has been for centuries. Like Paraz Savoyard is a place name with the meaning of wall, lying and peak rock, or land disposed terrace. There also has Para in Italy, especially in Piedmont, where the meaning should be the same, or in Romagna, where he seems to be a hydronym (a river is called Para). Other Para come from Poland: their surname can be explained by the word "para" (= mist, vapor), possibly by another "para" (= pair, couple). To also consider the verb "parzyc" (= hot, scalding).

How popular is Para?

Para is common in India.

Para is ranked 7997 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Para bearers increased by 3.027605 per cent in 2010 US census to 1157 since 2000, the surname slipped by 643 spots and ranked at 22281. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.69 67.32
Hispanic or Latino 28.44 26.54
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.54 2.67
Black 0.86 1.16
Others 0.78 1.87
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.69 0.45
Para is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Moldova is ahead in terms of density. Around 67540 people have been found who wears Para as their family name. Para is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
15,965 Azerbaijan10
6,235 Costa Rica7
2,403 Vietnam4
12,383 Armenia4
27,602 Nigeria4
10,542 China4
1,879 Honduras3
6,779 Nicaragua3
5,909 Bangladesh3
8,993 Tunisia3
7,683 Latvia3
26,321 Israel3
7,299 Estonia2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
20,186 Kenya2
10,284 Kuwait2
1,256 Myanmar2
14,621 Croatia2
18,035 Egypt2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
6,353 Panama2
4,104 South Korea2
3,871 Paraguay2
337 San Marino2
24,766 Scotland2
1,389 Barbados2
2,168 Suriname2
49,101 Denmark1
3,993 El Salvador1
2,877 Cuba1
11,831 Tajikistan1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
2,505 Congo1
801 Cape Verde1
15,705 Cameroon1
6,033 Benin1
16,640 Hong Kong1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
97 Tuvalu1
11,510 Oman1
18,969 Wales1
47,891 Norway1
3,275 Nepal1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
50,549 Georgia1
6,212 Jamaica1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
20,172 Hungary1
10,190 Bahrain1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,205 Qatar49
36,533 Zimbabwe32
9,620 Singapore30
4,169 Cyprus26
3,873 Thailand24
20,041 New Zealand24
42,407 Sweden22
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,922 Mauritius91
7,068 Lithuania90
28,444 Australia82
2,992 Puerto Rico68
17,456 Switzerland63
21,520 Belarus62
26,687 Belgium59
26,814 Czech Republic56
Countries with hundreds of Para:
2,715 Romania877
3,579 Peru841
6,423 Morocco805
638 Moldova679
15,702 Italy672
3,533 Sri Lanka652
6,520 Spain640
20,271 Indonesia563
3,571 Venezuela527
14,526 Turkey454
27,752 Philippines451
13,246 Algeria446
28,238 Germany370
3,073 Guatemala369
4,864 Greece369
3,143 Ecuador368
15,978 Ukraine356
3,148 Chile342
2,328 Dominican Republic252
2,955 Bolivia243
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
23,245 England215
9,201 Malaysia202
3,076 Portugal185
19,590 Canada183
23,823 Tanzania170
6,371 United Arab Emirates153
39,125 South Africa128
8,562 Slovakia124
4,506 Uruguay110
23,903 Kazakhstan105
Countries with thousands of Para:
1,879 Brazil8,093
2,591 Mexico3,193
12,555 Russia1,421
4,265 Poland1,384
4,413 Pakistan1,383
24,468 United States1,263
4,148 Argentina1,239
2,436 Colombia1,135
8,063 France1,102
Countries with ten thousands of Para:
1,703 India34,346
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Abond Para was 23 years old when he migrated to New York on June 7, 1893. He lived in Italy where he worked as mason and took Noordland from Antwerp. Laborer Barthelemy Para, Carolina Para (2), Domenica Para (7), Soap manufacturer Giuseppe Para, 31 years old Giuseppe Para, Madelena Para (53), 21 years old Olimpia Para, Severina Para, aged 4, and 1 other Para around 40% of whom were farmer migrated to US.

Comments

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Sharyl Carrasquillo
Para is a Spanish name designating trellis vine grower nickname.

Para Namesakes

  • Deepak Parashar, Model
  • Aarti Parajia, Actress
  • Abi Parayno, Screenwriter
  • Agostino Paradisi, Poet
  • Jayanth C. Paranjee, Film director
  • Bhra Hyang Parameswara Ratnapangkaja, Suhita's ex-husband
  • Ajit Parab, Film Score Composer
  • Ajit Parab, Actor
  • Ajit Parab, Singer
  • Manoj Kumar Paras, Politician
  • Mozart La Para, from 2015 comedy flick Los Paracaidistas, who characterized N.

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