The Para surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,157 people carried this name — #22,281 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,123 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
1,196 people named Para have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,333 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 453 people named Para.
66 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Hautes-Alpes.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 99 people named Para 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 Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Para.
- Pappalardo 1,908 · U.S. census
- Paprocki 1,098 · U.S. census
- Paque 321 · U.S. census
- Paquet 1,288 · U.S. census
- Paquette 9,606 · U.S. census
- Paquin 4,064 · U.S. census
- Parache 196 · U.S. census
- Parachini 115 · U.S. census
- Parada 8,649 · U.S. census
- Paradis 6,113 · U.S. census
- Paradiso 1,865 · U.S. census
- Paradowski 479 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Para is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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