Puratu Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Turkey

Puratu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puratu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Puratu (57) may also be a first name.

Puratu Last Name Facts

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

Puratu has its highest incidence in India. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Puratu.

How Common Is The Last Name Puratu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Puratu is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Puratu reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 80 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,308,380th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 57 people.

The last name Puratu is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 75 percent are found and West Bengal, where 25 percent are found. Outside of India Puratu exists in one country. It is also found in Turkey, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purastu92101/
Purathu921/
Purasthu8627/
Purotu834/
Poratu834/
Piratu833/
Pourgatou8018/
Pourrastu803/
Poratuy77867/
Phiratu7746/
Poratui7733/
Pirattu771/
Pourotu771/
Pourrastui751/
Phiratui712/
Pieratou711/
Pierratou6727/
Porotu673/
Piretu671/
Pierroutou5024/

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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 Puratu
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