Pourush Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Pourush Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 149 | 1:515,319 | 30,242 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
Pourush (163) may also be a first name.
Pourush Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pourush Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pourush (Hindi: पौरूष, Marathi: पौरुष, Oriya: େପୗରୁଶ) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Pourush click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pourush? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,305,105th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pourush live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 717,791st most frequently occurring given name worldwide, borne by 163 people.
It is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 515,319. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Hamadan Province, where 28 percent live, Tehran Province, where 19 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 17 percent live. Outside of Iran it occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pourush Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pourush in the Hindi language | ||
| पौरूष | paurusa | 89.47 |
| पौरूश | paurusa | 5.26 |
| पौरुष | paurusa | 5.26 |
| Pourush in the Marathi language | ||
| पौरुष | paurusa | 66.67 |
| पौरूष | paurusa | 33.33 |
| Pourush in the Oriya language | ||
| େପୗରୁଶ | eparusa | 50 |
| େପୗରୁଷ | eparusa | 50 |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Pourush
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