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
The last name Purgas (Russian: Пургас) is held by more people in Mauritius than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Purgas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 839,220th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. The last name Purgas occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Purgas live; 64 percent live in Southern Africa and 64 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.
The last name is most commonly used in Mauritius, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 6,189. In Mauritius it is mostly concentrated 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. Outside of Mauritius Purgas is found in 8 countries. It is also common 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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