Purait Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Purait Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 98 | 1:300,961 | 16,456 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Purait (27) may also be a first name.
Purait Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purait Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Purait (Oriya: ପୁରଇତ) occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purait? popularity and diffusion
Purait is the 1,817,111th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname Purait is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Purait are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 27 people.
The last name Purait is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 300,961. In Malaysia Purait is most numerous in: Sarawak, where 72 percent live, Sabah, where 20 percent live and Johor, where 4 percent live. Beside Malaysia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent live and Singapore, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Purait Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Purait in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁରଇତ | pura'ita | - |
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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 Purait
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