Family name Arapu (Arapu 
, Арапу 
) , throughout the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The surname Arapu is habitual in Eastern Europe, particularly Moldova, where it is quite a rare surname, Romania, and Ukraine, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Romania, Moldova, and India. Much less frequently, Arapu is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Arapu | Romania, Italy, Moldova, India, France |
| Арапу | Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
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anatol arapu Moldovan politician and economist, MD (b. 1962) |
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| dumitru arapu (b. 1915) |
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| ion arapu Olympic wrestler, RO (b. 1951) |
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| mircea arapu (b. 8 March 1955, Romania), RO (b. 1955) |
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