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 is more commonly found in Mauritius than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Purahoo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 806,178th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. Purahoo occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Purahoo reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritius, where it is held by 327 people, or 1 in 3,955. In Mauritius Purahoo is mostly concentrated in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 69 percent live, Port Louis District, where 17 percent live and Grand Port District, where 13 percent live. Excluding Mauritius this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs 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
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