Purcz Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Purcz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 37 | 1:2,175,823 | 115,720 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
Purcz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purcz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Purcz is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purcz? popularity and diffusion
The last name Purcz is the 3,141,416th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Purcz are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 2,175,823. In Germany Purcz is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 86 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 5 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 3 percent reside and Slovakia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purc | 89 | 326 | / |
| Purz | 89 | 70 | / |
| Pyrcz | 80 | 588 | / |
| Purtz | 80 | 178 | / |
| Porcz | 80 | 133 | / |
| Pourz | 80 | 47 | / |
| Purci | 80 | 39 | / |
| Purch | 80 | 7 | / |
| Pircz | 80 | 5 | / |
| Paurz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Purczová | 77 | 2 | / |
| Purche | 73 | 17 | / |
| Pourch | 73 | 16 | / |
| Purtze | 73 | 2 | / |
| Puertz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Purtch | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paurch | 73 | 0 | / |
| Purt | 67 | 341 | / |
| Porc | 67 | 311 | / |
| Pirz | 67 | 130 | / |
| Purč | 67 | 40 | / |
| Purd | 67 | 10 | / |
| Purtsch | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pourche | 67 | 3 | / |
| Purchse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Purć | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Purcz
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