Purah Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Purah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 43 | 1:685,912 | 32,468 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 10 | 1:136,398 | 7,940 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Purah (321) may also be a first name.
Purah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Purah (Marathi: पुराह) is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Purah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,121,169th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 68 percent of Purah reside; 57 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 57 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 489,856th most frequent first name globally, held by 321 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 685,912. In Malaysia Purah is most frequent in: Sarawak, where 91 percent are found, Sabah, where 5 percent are found and Johor, where 2 percent are found. Not including Malaysia Purah is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 16 percent are found and Trinidad and Tobago, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Purah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Purah in the Marathi language | ||
| पुराह | puraha | - |
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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 Purah
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