Phurbu Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Belgium

Phurbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phurbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India201:38,353,269431,471
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
China21:683,660,78330,601
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Phurbu (395) may also be a first name.

Phurbu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Phurbu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Phurbu (Hindi: फुरबु, Marathi: फुरबु, Tibetan: ཕུར་བུ།) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Phurbu.

How Common Is The Last Name Phurbu? popularity and diffusion

Phurbu is the 2,718,172nd most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 45 percent of Phurbu live; 39 percent live in South Asia and 35 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 434,832nd most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 395 people.

The surname Phurbu is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 38,353,269. In India Phurbu is most frequent in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 90 percent live, Arunachal Pradesh, where 5 percent live and Delhi, where 5 percent live. Besides India this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and Belgium, where 16 percent live.

Phurbu Last Name Statistics demography

Phurbu earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.2% more than the national average, earning $44,962 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purbu911/
Pourbu8357/
Purbuj8333/
Purbut833/
Phurvu831/
Phorbu831/
Purbhou7741/
Pourbuh7711/
Phurboo777/
Purwu732/
Porbu731/
Pirbu731/
Furbu731/
Vurbu731/
Pourbush711/
Pourboup711/
Pourbaux711/
Purboo67124/
Pourvu67118/
Pirbou6715/
Purvus678/
Purnpu673/
Furbus671/
Fourbu671/
Furbau671/
Putrvu671/
Furbush621,081/
Purbhoo62428/
Fourbou621/
Poorbuj621/
Pourveux573/
Purvahau571/
Purenpui571/
Feurbush570/
Forbu555/
Firbu552/
Faurbauch530/
Pirbhu50816/
Forbuh5022/
Forbau5021/
Forbou506/
Furboo505/
Forbui501/
Furvud501/

Phurbu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Phurbu in the Hindi language
फुरबुphurabu-
Phurbu in the Marathi language
फुरबुphurabu-
Phurbu in the Tibetan language
ཕུར་བུ།purbu66.67
ཕུར་པ་purpa33.33

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Phurbu
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