Purahoo Surname
Approximately 347 people bear this surname
Purahoo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 327 | 1:3,955 | 758 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Purahoo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purahoo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Purahoo occurs more in Mauritius more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purahoo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 806,178th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 21,001,573 people. Purahoo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Purahoo live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.
It is most frequently occurring in Mauritius, where it is held by 327 people, or 1 in 3,955. In Mauritius Purahoo is primarily found in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 69 percent live, Port Louis District, where 17 percent live and Grand Port District, where 13 percent live. Other than Mauritius this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.
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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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