Purboo Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Purboo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purboo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius541:23,9524,937
Jamaica471:61,0633,229
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
England11:55,718,059489,080

Purboo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purboo occurs more in Mauritius more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purboo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,620,164th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Purboo live; 44 percent live in Southern Africa and 44 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.

The surname Purboo is most widespread in Mauritius, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 23,952. In Mauritius Purboo is most prevalent in: Pamplemousses District, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Mauritius it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Jamaica, where 38 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Purboo Last Name Statistics demography

Purboo earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.27% less than the national average, earning $27,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purbhoo92428/
Phurboo927/
Purbo91630/
Purbos8310/
Peurbo834/
Purbho831/
Porboo831/
Purboy831/
Purbhou7741/
Pirbhoo779/
Pourboy771/
Purba73188,161/
Porbo73906/
Purwo73787/
Puruo735/
Purvo733/
Purbu731/
Pourvood71274/
Pourbois712/
Pourboup711/
Pourboth711/
Phurwo67167/
Phurba67153/
Hpurba6759/
Pourbu6757/
Phurbu6751/
Bpurba6745/
Purbuj6733/
Purbat6729/
Ppurba6724/
Pourba6719/
Pirbou6715/
Poerbo6715/
Purbah6713/
Purwos6711/
Purbad677/
Purbas677/
Porboy675/
Pirbho675/
Purrba674/
Pirboy674/
Puurba674/
Purbha674/
Purbut673/
Paurba673/
Puirba671/

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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 Purboo
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