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I'm looking for information on the Pulupa surname. It does not seem to be very common. Is it Filipino?
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I don't think it's Filipino, though Pulupandan is a Philippines place name. It appears to be Ecuadorian but not Spanish. This leaves us with the possibility that it comes from some indigenous language.
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Maybe Mapuche? Is that Ecuadorian indigenous?
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No, they're in Chile and Argentina as explained at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapuche
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Quechua is the main indigenous language, but there are others, listed here -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Ecuador
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