Purbe Surname

249,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,593 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Purbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,4611:525,02826,151
Nepal791:360,5183,802
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Purbe (46) may also be a first name.

Purbe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purbe (Hindi: पुरबे, Marathi: पुरबे) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purbe? popularity and diffusion

Purbe is the 249,252nd most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 4,574,731 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Purbe are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequent given name on earth, borne by 46 people.

The surname Purbe is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 1,461 people, or 1 in 525,028. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Bihar, where 55 percent are found, Jharkhand, where 20 percent are found and West Bengal, where 16 percent are found. Aside from India Purbe occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nepal, where 5 percent are found and Qatar, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purbey911,215/
Purbhe91269/
Pourbe9120/
Purbei9110/
Purbet915/
Purbes912/
Purbie912/
Peurbe911/
Putrbe911/
Purber911/
Purbett8310/
Pourbei837/
Pourbes831/
Purbeyh831/
Phurber831/
Purbets830/
Purbech830/
Purba80188,161/
Purwe809,003/
Purve804,424/
Purbi8036/
Pirbe8015/
Purue8012/
Porbe8010/
Purby804/
Purves736,056/
Purvey731,216/
Purver73269/
Purvee73268/
Phurba73153/
Purbay73131/
Purbhi73105/
Hpurba7359/
Bpurba7345/
Purbis7337/
Pourby7337/
Purbuj7333/
Purvez7331/
Ppurba7324/
Pourba7319/
Purbai7314/
Purwey7313/
Phurwe738/
Puurwe737/
Pourbi736/
Purrba734/
Purbha734/
Puruhe734/
Purwee733/
Purwue733/
Purbyi733/
Paurba733/
Phorbe732/
Purbhé731/
Purboy731/
Purvet731/
Purvie731/
Purved731/
Purrve731/
Puroue731/
Purbhy731/
Poorbe731/
Puirba731/
Purvea731/
Purues730/
Purzue730/
Phurby730/
Pourve730/
Purbaya673,088/
Purvess6715/
Purbaja6711/
Pourbyi6710/
Puurvee678/
Purvesh675/
Pourbai673/
Purvije673/
Purveed672/
Pourveh672/
Purvets671/
Pirbieh671/
Phurver671/
Pourboy671/
Purvest671/
Purbhay671/
Paurvey671/

Purbe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purbe in the Hindi language
पुरबेpurabe-
Purbe in the Marathi language
पुरबेpurabe83.56
पुबpuba15.07
पूबpuba1.37

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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 Purbe
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