Puravan Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Puravan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puravan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India221:34,866,608408,224
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Puravan (56) may also be a first name.

Puravan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Puravan (Hindi: पुरवान, Marathi: पुरवन) occurs most in India. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Puravan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,116,508th most common surname globally It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Puravan live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,321,957th most common given name throughout the world, held by 56 people.

Puravan is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 34,866,608. In India Puravan is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 55 percent are found, Uttarkhand, where 14 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account India this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puravant93331/
Puraivan935/
Puravang931/
Pouravand881/
Piravan86321/
Purawan86306/
Puraban865/
Phurawan805/
Purawant802/
Purampan801/
Ppiravan801/
Phurawang7559/
Phiravanh754/
Pirawan71123/
Pirevan7119/
Purewan7112/
Pirovan714/
Purowan713/
Poraban712/
Porawan711/
Phurahvong711/
Piravon711/
Phirawan6792/
Pirawaan673/
Putrajwaand671/
Phurawong6361/
Porowan578/

Puravan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puravan in the Marathi language
पुरवनpuravana69.23
पुरवानpuravana23.08
पुरवंpuravam7.69
Puravan in the Hindi language
पुरवानpuravana62.5
पुरावनpuravana37.5

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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 Puravan
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