Puraka Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Puraka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Puraka (53) may also be a first name.
Puraka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puraka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Puraka (Hindi: पुरका, Marathi: पुरका, Oriya: ପୁରକା) is found most in India. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Puraka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Puraka is the 4,908,606th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Puraka is primarily found in Asia, where 81 percent of Puraka reside; 81 percent reside in South Asia and 81 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,366,219th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 53 people.
The last name is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India Puraka is most common in: Telangana, where 92 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 8 percent reside. Barring India it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent reside and Iceland, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Puraka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puraka in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁରକା | puraka | - |
| Puraka in the Marathi language | ||
| पुरका | puraka | - |
| Puraka in the Hindi language | ||
| पुरका | puraka | 94.44 |
| पूरका | puraka | 5.56 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Puraka
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