Purgas Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Purgas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 209 | 1:6,189 | 1,277 |
| Philippines | 74 | 1:1,368,084 | 100,385 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Purgas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purgas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Purgas (Russian: Пургас) has its highest incidence in Mauritius. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Purgas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Purgas is the 839,220th most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 64 percent of Purgas are found; 64 percent are found in Southern Africa and 64 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean.
It is most frequent in Mauritius, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 6,189. In Mauritius it is most common in: Grand Port District, where 27 percent are found, Port Louis District, where 26 percent are found and Pamplemousses District, where 26 percent are found. Beside Mauritius this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 23 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Purgas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Purgas in the Russian language | ||
| Пургас | purgas | - |
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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 Purgas
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