Puraca Surname

769,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 370 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Puraca Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puraca Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru3591:88,5355,930
India61:127,844,230863,365
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158

Puraca (16) may also be a first name.

Puraca Last Name Facts

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

The last name Puraca is carried by more people in Peru than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puraca? popularity and diffusion

The surname Puraca is the 769,129th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. Puraca is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Puraca are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 97 percent are found in Andean South America. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly held forename at a global level It is held by 16 people.

The last name Puraca is most commonly occurring in Peru, where it is borne by 359 people, or 1 in 88,535. In Peru it is mostly concentrated in: Puno Region, where 62 percent reside, Arequipa Region, where 22 percent reside and Lima Province, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Peru it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Puraca Last Name Statistics demography

Puraca earn significantly less than the average income. In Peru they earn 32.64% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,057 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Puraca
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