Purba Surname

2,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188,161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Purba Surname User-submission:

Purba is one of the Marga (family name) used in North Sumatra.

It is the Marga of Batak tribes.

According to Tarombo (Bataknese Genealogy) it is one of the branches of Simamora klan. Simamora has 3 sons: Purba, Manalu and Debata Raja (means 'Lord the King'; which carries so much weight, thus nowadays the descendants bear the Simamora surname)

Etymology: purba, purwa in Sanskrit, which means 'east'.

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Purba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia182,5861:72449
Bangladesh3,7851:42,1022,436
India5611:1,367,31852,907
Canada3211:114,78412,212
England2021:275,83221,591
United States1301:2,788,146165,890
United Arab Emirates1141:80,3717,328
Thailand1111:636,381107,695
Malaysia1061:278,24715,446
Albania451:64,7577,655
Australia321:843,61652,533
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Scotland281:191,20810,357
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Taiwan101:2,344,47514,894
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
France21:33,211,361423,184
China21:683,660,78330,601
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
American Samoa11:55,7583,072

Purba (7,052) may also be a first name.

Purba Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Purba is one of the Marga (family name) used in North Sumatra.

It is the Marga of Batak tribes.

According to Tarombo (Bataknese Genealogy) it is one of the branches of Simamora klan. Simamora has 3 sons: Purba, Manalu and Debata Raja (means 'Lord the King'; which carries so much weight, thus nowadays the descendants bear the Simamora surname)

Etymology: purba, purwa in Sanskrit, which means 'east'. It could also mean 'signs of the future', 'law holders' or 'scholars'.

- irianov

Purba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purba (Bengali: পূর্বা, Hindi: पूरबा, Marathi: पुरबा, Oriya: ପୁବର୍, Tibetan: ཕུར་བ་) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Purba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Purba is the 2,991st most frequent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 38,730 people. The last name Purba occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Purba live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 77,189th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 7,052 people.

Purba is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 182,586 people, or 1 in 724. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: North Sumatra, where 73 percent reside, Riau, where 6 percent reside and West Java, where 6 percent reside. Barring Indonesia this surname is found in 40 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 2 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

Purba Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Purba last name are 8.67% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.9% being registered with the party.

The amount Purba earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 12.26% less than the national average, earning $37,860 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.45% more than the national average, earning $59,844 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phurba91153/
Purbay91131/
Hpurba9159/
Bpurba9145/
Purbat9129/
Ppurba9124/
Pourba9119/
Purbai9114/
Purbah9113/
Purbas917/
Purbad917/
Purrba914/
Puurba914/
Purbha914/
Paurba913/
Puirba911/
Purbaya833,088/
Purbaha8335/
Purbash8335/
Pourbad8314/
Purbaja8311/
Purbach8310/
Purbasp836/
Purbast834/
Pourbai833/
Purbhay831/
Pourbaz831/
Purbe801,593/
Purwa801,231/
Purbo80630/
Purva80173/
Purua8061/
Purbi8036/
Pirba8018/
Porba8017/
Purby804/
Pourbhah7719/
Pourhbat771/
Pourbash771/
Pourbasz771/
Pourbaux771/
Pourbgah771/
Pourzbah771/
Purbey731,215/
Purvat73308/
Purbhe73269/
Pirbay73170/
Poerba73150/
Purboo73124/
Purbhi73105/
Pourua7359/
Purvai7338/
Purbis7337/
Pourby7337/
Purbuj7333/
Purwai7329/
Purway7321/
Pirbai7320/
Pourbe7320/
Porbay7314/
Purvay7314/
Purbei7310/
Purbos7310/
Pirbha738/
Pfurwa736/
Pourbi736/
Purwaj735/
Purbet735/
Peurbo734/
Purbyi733/
Purwah733/
Purbie732/
Purbes732/
Puirva732/
Purvaz732/
Purvea731/
Phurwa731/
Purber731/
Purbhy731/
Purvas731/
Putrbe731/
Peurbe731/
Phorba731/
Paurua731/
Purbhé731/
Purboy731/
Pourva731/
Purrua731/
Purbho731/
Phurby730/
Puruat730/
Pirbhai67588/
Purbhoo67428/
Purwaha67130/
Purbhou6741/
Pourvaz6740/
Pourbhasht6737/
Purvaiz6727/
Pourvay6720/
Pourvad6717/
Purbett6710/
Pourbyi6710/
Purvaha679/
Phurboo677/
Pourbei677/
Pourvat677/
Pourvaj673/
Poorbai671/
Purbeyh671/
Pourboy671/
Phurber671/
Pirbhay671/
Puruhat671/
Purvajs671/
Pourbes671/
Purbets670/
Purbech670/

Purba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purba in the Marathi language
पुरबाpuraba88.36
पुबpuba5.82
पूरबpuraba2.65
पूरबाpuraba2.12
पूबpuba0.53
Purba in the Tibetan language
ཕུར་བ་purwa66.67
པུར་་བ་purba33.33
Purba in the Bengali language
পূর্বাpurba64.15
পূর্বpurba26.42
পুর্বpurba5.66
পুর্বাpurba1.89
Purba in the Hindi language
पूरबाpuraba50
पुरबाpuraba50
Purba in the Oriya language
ପୁବର୍pubar26.73
ପୂବର୍pubar22.52
ପୂବpuba13.12
ପୂବର୍ାpubara9.9
ପୁବpuba9.9
ପୁବର୍ାpubara8.66
ପୂବଗ୍pubag0.99
ପୁବକ୍pubak0.74
ପୁବଗ୍pubag0.74
ପୁବଵ୍pubav0.5
ପୁବଫ଼୍pubaf0.5
ପୂବିpubi0.5
ପୂବହ୍pubah0.5
ପୂବଵ୍pubav0.5
ପୂବଲ୍pubal0.25
ପୂବେpube0.25
ପୂବକ଼୍pubaq0.25
ପୂବଜ୍pubaj0.25
ପୁବପ୍pubap0.25
ପୂବଜ଼୍pubaz0.25
ପୁବଚ୍pubac0.25
ପୁରୁବpuruba0.25
ପୁବମ୍pubam0.25
ପୁରବାpuraba0.25
ପୂବନ୍puban0.25
ପୁବବ୍pubab0.25

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