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 last name Purah (Marathi: पुराह) is found in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Purah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purah? popularity and diffusion
Purah is the 2,121,169th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name Purah is primarily found in Asia, where 68 percent of Purah reside; 57 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 57 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Purah is also the 489,856th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 321 people.
The surname Purah is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne 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. Beside Malaysia this last name occurs 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
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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 Purah
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