Puress Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Puress Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 8 | 1:161,677 | 8,227 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Puress Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puress Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puress has its highest incidence in Mauritius. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Puress click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puress? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Puress live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.
The surname is most widespread in Mauritius, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 161,677. In Mauritius Puress is most common in: Moka District, where 50 percent live and Rivière du Rempart District, where 50 percent live. Besides Mauritius this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 10 percent live and Thailand, where 10 percent live.
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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 Puress
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