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    The surname Para

    A surname, carried by 1,157 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P600

    Para: #22,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Para #22,281, 1,157 people Para: #22,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Para #22,281, 1,157 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Para is more common than 86.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,157 people named Para in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,850 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,123.

    #22,281
    rank among US surnames
    1,157
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #21,638)

    Who is named Para

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    66% of people named Para identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 28%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Para

    Para has the Soundex code P600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Para?
    1,157 people in the United States had the surname Para in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,850 Americans. It ranked 22,281st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Para?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Para identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Para getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,157 in 2010, up 3.0%.