Puranga Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Puranga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puranga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Puranga (12) may also be a first name.

Puranga Last Name Facts

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

Puranga (Oriya: ପୁରାା) occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puranga? popularity and diffusion

Puranga is the 5,213,395th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Puranga are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent forename in the world, borne by 12 people.

The last name Puranga is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,286,520. In Zimbabwe Puranga is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 75 percent live, Harare Province, where 8 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 8 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 7 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Puranga Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puranga in the Oriya language
ପୁରାାpuraa50
ପୁରାpura50

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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 Puranga
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