Purba Surname
Approximately 188,161 people bear this surname
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'.
Read More About This SurnamePurba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 182,586 | 1:724 | 49 |
| Bangladesh | 3,785 | 1:42,102 | 2,436 |
| India | 561 | 1:1,367,318 | 52,907 |
| Canada | 321 | 1:114,784 | 12,212 |
| England | 202 | 1:275,832 | 21,591 |
| United States | 130 | 1:2,788,146 | 165,890 |
| United Arab Emirates | 114 | 1:80,371 | 7,328 |
| Thailand | 111 | 1:636,381 | 107,695 |
| Malaysia | 106 | 1:278,247 | 15,446 |
| Albania | 45 | 1:64,757 | 7,655 |
| Australia | 32 | 1:843,616 | 52,533 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Scotland | 28 | 1:191,208 | 10,357 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
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'.
- irianovPurba Demographics
Average Purba Salary in
United States
$37,860 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
Purba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Purba in the Marathi language | ||
| पुरबा | puraba | 88.36 |
| पुब | puba | 5.82 |
| पूरब | puraba | 2.65 |
| पूरबा | puraba | 2.12 |
| पूब | puba | 0.53 |
| Purba in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཕུར་བ་ | purwa | 66.67 |
| པུར་་བ་ | purba | 33.33 |
| Purba in the Bengali language | ||
| পূর্বা | purba | 64.15 |
| পূর্ব | purba | 26.42 |
| পুর্ব | purba | 5.66 |
| পুর্বা | purba | 1.89 |
| Purba in the Hindi language | ||
| पूरबा | puraba | 50 |
| पुरबा | puraba | 50 |
| Purba in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁବର୍ | pubar | 26.73 |
| ପୂବର୍ | pubar | 22.52 |
| ପୂବ | puba | 13.12 |
| ପୂବର୍ା | pubara | 9.9 |
| ପୁବ | puba | 9.9 |
| ପୁବର୍ା | pubara | 8.66 |
| ପୂବଗ୍ | pubag | 0.99 |
| ପୁବକ୍ | pubak | 0.74 |
| ପୁବଗ୍ | pubag | 0.74 |
| ପୁବଵ୍ | pubav | 0.5 |
| ପୁବଫ଼୍ | pubaf | 0.5 |
| ପୂବି | pubi | 0.5 |
| ପୂବହ୍ | pubah | 0.5 |
| ପୂବଵ୍ | pubav | 0.5 |
| ପୂବଲ୍ | pubal | 0.25 |
| ପୂବେ | pube | 0.25 |
| ପୂବକ଼୍ | pubaq | 0.25 |
| ପୂବଜ୍ | pubaj | 0.25 |
| ପୁବପ୍ | pubap | 0.25 |
| ପୂବଜ଼୍ | pubaz | 0.25 |
| ପୁବଚ୍ | pubac | 0.25 |
| ପୁରୁବ | puruba | 0.25 |
| ପୁବମ୍ | pubam | 0.25 |
| ପୁରବା | puraba | 0.25 |
| ପୂବନ୍ | puban | 0.25 |
| ପୁବବ୍ | pubab | 0.25 |
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