Purfit Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Purfit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purfit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:2,532,63991,802
Scotland61:892,30328,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
Scotland51:748,64318,576

Purfit (57) may also be a first name.

Purfit Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purfit is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Purfit click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purfit? popularity and diffusion

The last name Purfit is the 3,730,171st most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Purfit occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Purfit are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 57 people.

The last name Purfit is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 2,532,639. In England it is most prevalent in: Shropshire, where 64 percent live, Cornwall, where 18 percent live and Greater London, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account England Purfit is found in one country. It is also found in Scotland, where 21 percent live.

Purfit Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Purfit has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Purfit surname rose 275 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purfitt921/
Pourfi83119/
Porfit831/
Porfitt776/
Pourhfi771/
Pourfiz771/
Purfioy771/
Purfied771/
Purfeis770/
Purfest770/
Porfi737/
Purfy730/
Pourfeiz714/
Pourfieh711/
Purfey6728/
Purfoy6714/
Purfer672/
Porfie670/
Pourvfa6217/
Porfeet621/
Peurfoy620/
Pfurfee620/
Porfy557/
Pórfy551/
Pórffy5012/
Purphy502/
Porfoy501/
Poorfe500/

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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
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  • 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 Purfit
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