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    The surname Paras

    A Kapampangan place surname, carried by 2,463 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P620

    Paras: #12,566 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Paras #12,566, 2,463 people Paras: #12,566 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Paras #12,566, 2,463 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Paras is more common than 92.3% of them.

    Origin

    Kapampangan origin

    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Kapampangan Paras; this surname is predominantly found in Central Luzon region. * Borrowed from Spanish Paras, probably a habitational surname.

    Paras is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,463 people named Paras in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,353 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,869.

    #12,566
    rank among US surnames
    2,463
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.8%
    change since 2000 (was #14,604)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,557Pathak2,466125,201
    #12,560Randles2,465125,252
    #12,565Yandell2,464125,303
    #12,566Naples2,463125,353

    Who is named Paras

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

    45% of people named Paras identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 37% as white (not Hispanic) and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 45%
    • White (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Paras

    Paras has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Paras come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Kapampangan Paras; this surname is predominantly found in Central Luzon region. * Borrowed from Spanish Paras, probably a habitational surname.
    How common is the surname Paras?
    2,463 people in the United States had the surname Paras in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,353 Americans. It ranked 12,566th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Paras?
    In the 2010 Census, 45% of people named Paras identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 37% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Paras?
    Paras is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Paras getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,869 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,463 in 2010, up 32%.