Purganan Surname

259,061st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,518 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Purganan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Purganan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1,3301:76,11913,165
United States1691:2,144,727135,635
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Purganan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Purganan is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Purganan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Purganan is the 259,061st most common last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 4,800,755 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Purganan are found; 87 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 87 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name Purganan is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 1,330 people, or 1 in 76,119. In The Philippines it is most common in: Ilocos, where 29 percent live, Central Luzon, where 28 percent live and National Capital Region, where 15 percent live. Outside of The Philippines this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent live and Spain, where 0 percent live.

Purganan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Purganan are 23.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 76.47% being registered with the party.

Purganan earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.75% less than the national average, earning $41,962 USD 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 Purganan
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