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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.
Maybe Mapuche? Is that Ecuadorian indigenous?
No, they're in Chile and Argentina as explained at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapuche
Quechua is the main indigenous language, but there are others, listed here -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Ecuador
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Ecuador