Purcallas Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Purcallas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purcallas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico321:3,878,94425,867
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
France111:6,038,429280,838
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

Purcallas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purcallas occurs in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purcallas? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,136,387th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Purcallas is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Purcallas reside; 41 percent reside in North America and 41 percent reside in Hispano-North America.

The surname Purcallas is most frequently occurring in Mexico, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 3,878,944. In Mexico it is most prevalent in: México, where 75 percent reside, Jalisco, where 9 percent reside and Yucatán, where 9 percent reside. Besides Mexico this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 23 percent reside and France, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purcalla9443/
Porcallas8911/
Porcalla821,133/
Purciolas785/
Porcallia781/
Purkala755/
Porcala751/
Porcallo71166/
Porcalia711/
Purkalo633/
Porkala633/
Purkała631/
Pourkhailai605/
Purkhalo59109/
Porkkala5979/
Porkalai5912/
Poorkalai563/
Porkkalah561/
Pourkhaloo5312/
Porkhollah538/
Pourkaleid531/
Porkola50216/

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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 Purcallas
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