Puraskar Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Puraskar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
Puraskar (82) may also be a first name.
Puraskar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puraskar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Puraskar (Bengali: পুরস্কার, Hindi: पुरस्कार) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Puraskar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Puraskar is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Puraskar is mostly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Puraskar are found; 75 percent are found in South Asia and 75 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,060,447th most prevalent given name worldwide, held by 82 people.
The last name Puraskar is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India it is most common in: Maharashtra, where 67 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 33 percent reside. Barring India this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Azerbaijan, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Puraskar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puraskar in the Bengali language | ||
| পুরস্কার | puraskara | - |
| Puraskar in the Hindi language | ||
| पुरस्कार | puraskara | 85.71 |
| पुरस्कर | puraskara | 7.14 |
| पुरास्कर | puraskara | 7.14 |
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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 Puraskar
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