Purces Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Purces Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Purces Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purces Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Purces is held by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Purces click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purces? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Purces is primarily found in Europe, where 83 percent of Purces reside; 83 percent reside in Northern Europe and 67 percent reside in British Isles.
This last name is most widely held in Scotland, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 1,338,454. In Scotland it is most prevalent in: City of Edinburgh, where 100 percent are found. Barring Scotland it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 17 percent are found and Sweden, where 17 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Purces
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