Purege Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Purege Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purege Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Purege Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purege has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purege? popularity and diffusion

Purege is the 5,587,209th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Purege occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Purege live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puregger8697/
Purece83416/
Purese8348/
Purage8336/
Purige8322/
Puregi837/
Porege833/
Pouresger80111/
Purisee778/
Purrega774/
Puriega772/
Purșega771/
Pureset771/
Pureise770/
Putregai71150/
Putregay7116/
Pureesit714/
Puttrese712/
Phurisee712/
Putregaj711/
Pureizes711/
Purice675,194/
Pureza672,025/
Purigi6758/
Puriga6743/
Purise6733/
Puresi6729/
Puryga6719/
Pirage6714/
Porega676/
Piregi675/
Porige674/
Pirige673/
Puragi671/

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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 Purege
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