Purgun Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Purgun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 44 | 1:29,396 | 5,731 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Purğun (27) are calculated separately.
Purgun (917) may also be a first name.
Purgun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purgun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Purgun occurs in Mauritius more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Purğun. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Purgun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,909,720th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Purgun live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. It is also the 267,635th most common forename in the world It is held by 917 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritius, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 29,396. In Mauritius it is most prevalent in: Flacq District, where 89 percent are found, Pamplemousses District, where 9 percent are found and Plaines Wilhems District, where 2 percent are found. Barring Mauritius this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purğun | 94 | 27 | / |
| Purun | 91 | 263 | / |
| Purung | 83 | 61 | / |
| Purrun | 83 | 53 | / |
| Pirgun | 83 | 39 | / |
| Pourun | 83 | 16 | / |
| Phurun | 83 | 13 | / |
| Purund | 83 | 6 | / |
| Paurun | 83 | 5 | / |
| Purune | 83 | 1 | / |
| Putrun | 83 | 1 | / |
| Purgon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pureun | 83 | 1 | / |
| Phurung | 77 | 175 | / |
| Phutrun | 77 | 55 | / |
| Paurung | 77 | 16 | / |
| Puthrun | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pourgon | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pourzun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pourunt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Putrung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pourung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Purrunn | 77 | 0 | / |
| Puron | 73 | 728 | / |
| Purum | 73 | 639 | / |
| Purón | 73 | 34 | / |
| Porun | 73 | 21 | / |
| Peurrung | 71 | 64 | / |
| Pourraun | 71 | 23 | / |
| Phutrung | 71 | 13 | / |
| Purunova | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pourgoum | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pourhoun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poorun | 67 | 1,166 | / |
| Pauron | 67 | 576 | / |
| Peuron | 67 | 412 | / |
| Poerun | 67 | 107 | / |
| Pouron | 67 | 23 | / |
| Purrum | 67 | 6 | / |
| Porhun | 67 | 4 | / |
| Puroon | 67 | 4 | / |
| Puroum | 67 | 3 | / |
| Purron | 67 | 3 | / |
| Peurón | 67 | 2 | / |
| Poroun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pureum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phutthrun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puiron | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Purgun
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