Puracan Surname

413,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 843 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Puracan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puracan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines8331:121,53420,922
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Puracan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Puracan occurs most in The Philippines. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puracan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 413,383rd most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 8,644,776 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Puracan are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

It is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 833 people, or 1 in 121,534. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Central Visayas, where 49 percent are found, Caraga, where 17 percent are found and Northern Mindanao, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Puracan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Puracan surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Puracan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD 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 Puracan
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