Purfurst Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Purfurst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purfurst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Purfürst (130) & Pürfürst (1) are calculated separately.

Purfurst Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purfurst occurs most in The United States. It can also appear as a variant: Purfürst or Pürfürst. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Purfurst? popularity and diffusion

The surname Purfurst is the 3,274,477th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Purfurst are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Purfurst is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 12,944,962. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 32 percent are found and Colorado, where 29 percent are found. Apart from The United States it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 14 percent are found and Estonia, where 3 percent are found.

Purfurst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Purfurst has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Purfurst surname rose 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Purfurst Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Purfurst earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $46,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.12% more than the national average, earning $62,165 CAD per year.

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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 Purfurst
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