Purgus Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Purgus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 63 | 1:20,530 | 4,273 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Purgus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purgus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Purgus is found most frequently in Mauritius. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Purgus? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,273,756th most common family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Purgus occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Purgus reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean.
The surname Purgus is most frequent in Mauritius, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 20,530. In Mauritius it is most frequent in: Pamplemousses District, where 86 percent are found, Plaines Wilhems District, where 6 percent are found and Rivière du Rempart District, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Mauritius it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purgaus | 92 | 8 | / |
| Purguss | 92 | 4 | / |
| Purus | 91 | 296 | / |
| Purgu | 91 | 14 | / |
| Putrus | 83 | 590 | / |
| Paurus | 83 | 448 | / |
| Purush | 83 | 181 | / |
| Peurus | 83 | 25 | / |
| Puruis | 83 | 9 | / |
| Purhus | 83 | 3 | / |
| Purgos | 83 | 2 | / |
| Puraus | 83 | 2 | / |
| Puruse | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pourus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Porgus | 83 | 0 | / |
| Paurush | 77 | 254 | / |
| Pourush | 77 | 173 | / |
| Purushe | 77 | 110 | / |
| Purhush | 77 | 17 | / |
| Puttrus | 77 | 16 | / |
| Putrous | 77 | 13 | / |
| Peuraus | 77 | 6 | / |
| Putruss | 77 | 3 | / |
| Purrhus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Putrush | 77 | 1 | / |
| Purutse | 77 | 1 | / |
| Purruss | 77 | 1 | / |
| Purgoss | 77 | 1 | / |
| Putreus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pourgos | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peutrus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Porus | 73 | 133 | / |
| Puros | 73 | 81 | / |
| Porgu | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pfurutse | 71 | 48 | / |
| Purusova | 71 | 23 | / |
| Phurutse | 71 | 15 | / |
| Pouroush | 71 | 7 | / |
| Purhouse | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pourgouz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phuttrus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pouros | 67 | 279 | / |
| Porush | 67 | 119 | / |
| Pauros | 67 | 60 | / |
| Phuros | 67 | 10 | / |
| Puiros | 67 | 5 | / |
| Porrus | 67 | 4 | / |
| Porgou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Purosz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Porgos | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pourhoush | 67 | 2 | / |
| Putruz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puruch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pourousse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puyros | 67 | 1 | / |
| Purosh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poruss | 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 Purgus
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