The Paparella surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 566 people carried this name — #38,948 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 560 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Paparella surname
Borrowed from Italian Paparella and/or from the Italianization of Sicilian Papareḍḍa (“little duck”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Paparella» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 155 people named Paparella live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Paparella.
Most of them — 38 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paparella.
- Paolozzi 183 · U.S. census
- Paolucci 1,784 · U.S. census
- Paone 1,776 · U.S. census
- Papa 6,005 · U.S. census
- Papadopoulos 2,313 · U.S. census
- Papalia 442 · U.S. census
- Papazian 1,005 · U.S. census
- Pape 6,350 · U.S. census
- Papi 314 · U.S. census
- Papier 202 · U.S. census
- Papillon 375 · U.S. census
- Papin 717 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Paparella is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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