Puranga Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Puranga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
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) has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puranga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most numerous family name on earth, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Puranga is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Puranga live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Puranga is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 12 people.
This last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,286,520. In Zimbabwe Puranga is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 75 percent reside, Harare Province, where 8 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 8 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 7 percent reside and India, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Puranga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puranga in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁରାା | puraa | 50 |
| ପୁରା | pura | 50 |
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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 Puranga
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