Purahoo Surname

806,178th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 347 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Purahoo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Purahoo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius3271:3,955758
England91:6,190,895170,599
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Purahoo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purahoo is borne by more people in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purahoo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Purahoo is the 806,178th most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,001,573 people. The surname Purahoo is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Purahoo live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.

This surname is most common in Mauritius, where it is borne by 327 people, or 1 in 3,955. In Mauritius it is most frequent in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 69 percent live, Port Louis District, where 17 percent live and Grand Port District, where 13 percent live. Barring Mauritius Purahoo exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purrahoo9358/
Pourahood881/
Purhooa8647/
Purahot862/
Porahoo861/
Purao83108/
Puirao772/
Puraod771/
Purgao771/
Bpurao771/
Purahui7121/
Porahoa718/
Purohot712/
Pirao67176/
Porao6754/
Purohoit671/
Paurojoo671/
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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 Purahoo
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