Zhaparov or Japarov (Cyrillic: Жапаров) is a Kipchak Turkic masculine surname, its feminine counterpart being Zhaparova or Japarova. The surname loans itself from the Russian suffix "-ov" or "-ova", meaning "son of" or "daughter of", and Japar/Zhapar, the Kipchak Turkic form of the Arabic name Ja'far. It may refer to
Marat Zhaparov (born 1985), Kazakh ski jumper Radik Zhaparov (born 1984), Kazakh ski jumper, brother of Marat Ruslan Zhaparov (born 1996), Kazakh taekwondo competitor Sadyr Japarov (born 1968), Kyrgyz politician