Purely Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Brunei

Purely Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purely Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brunei11:418,7313,893
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Purely (35) may also be a first name.

Purely Last Name Facts

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

Purely (Arabic: صرفا) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purely? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Purely reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 35 people.

The surname Purely is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Purely is mostly found in: Washington, where 67 percent live and Virginia, where 33 percent live. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 14 percent live and Brunei, where 14 percent live.

Purely Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Purely has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Purely surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pureley920/
Puresley860/
Purela83126/
Pureli8317/
Purele836/
Purily831/
Purilay7724/
Purelis7714/
Purrela7710/
Purhela775/
Paureli774/
Pureela773/
Poerely772/
Puritly771/
Putrele771/
Purgele771/
Purelii771/
Purelaa771/
Puriloy770/
Paurelio7115/
Putrilay715/
Pourelie713/
Poutrele711/
Poreilay711/
Puricelli675,312/
Pourailly67220/
Poreli67136/
Porela6738/
Purili6724/
Purila6710/
Paurailly678/
Purile673/
Porele672/
Purecelli672/
Purlej671/
Paureilhe671/
Purehella671/
Puryle671/

Purely Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Purely in the Arabic language
صرفاsrfa-

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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 Purely
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