Purg Surname

950,707th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 275 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Purg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia2521:9,8722,297
Estonia81:165,22626,217
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Pürg (50) are calculated separately.

Purg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Purg is most common in Slovenia. It may also appear in the variant forms: Pürg. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 950,707th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 26,500,167 people. Purg occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Purg live; 93 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 93 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

Purg is most frequently held in Slovenia, where it is borne by 252 people, or 1 in 9,872. In Slovenia Purg is most frequent in: Drava, where 79 percent live, Savinja, where 17 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 4 percent live. Other than Slovenia it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Purg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Purg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Purg surname declined 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pürg9250/
Purgh894/
Purrg890/
Pourgh80107/
Purgue8077/
Poutrg802/
Purk75874/
Purc75326/
Porg7510/
Purq755/
Pirg753/
Pourgue738/
Purgova732/
Purke671,765/
Pourk67525/
Purck6717/
Purkh6713/
Purkt679/
Putrx675/
Puerk673/
Pirgh671/
Phurk671/
Pierg671/
Purqh671/

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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 Purg
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