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Where Does The Last Name Pura Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Pura (Bengali: পুরা, Hindi: पूरा, Marathi: पुरा, Oriya: ପୁର, Russian: Пура) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pura? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 12,548^th most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 163,007 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Pura reside; 71 percent reside in South Asia and 70 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 26,691^st most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 31,765 people.

This surname is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 31,363 people, or 1 in 24,458. In India Pura is mostly found in: Jharkhand, where 91 percent live, Arunachal Pradesh, where 3 percent live and Gujarat, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account India it is found in 64 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 15 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.

Pura Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Pura has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 3,047 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pura Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (80%) in Belarus.

In The United States those holding the Pura last name are 6.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 59.5% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pura earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 44.52% less than the national average, earning R 131,844 per year; in United States they earn 3.7% more than the national average, earning $44,746 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.07% more than the national average, earning $58,164 CAD per year.