Purgy Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Purgy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 37 | 1:144,228 | 26,002 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Pürgy (36) are calculated separately.
Purgy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purgy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Purgy is found in Slovakia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Pürgy. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Purgy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,661,929th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name Purgy is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Purgy reside; 75 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 75 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
The last name Purgy is most commonly used in Slovakia, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 144,228. In Slovakia Purgy is most frequent in: Trnava Region, where 100 percent reside. Beside Slovakia it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 19 percent reside and Czechia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pürgy | 93 | 36 | / |
| Purguy | 91 | 101 | / |
| Purgay | 91 | 75 | / |
| Purgye | 91 | 8 | / |
| Purga | 80 | 350 | / |
| Purge | 80 | 243 | / |
| Purgi | 80 | 27 | / |
| Purgyova | 77 | 9 | / |
| Purengey | 77 | 4 | / |
| Purgyová | 77 | 3 | / |
| Purger | 73 | 662 | / |
| Purgaj | 73 | 328 | / |
| Purgui | 73 | 64 | / |
| Purgai | 73 | 63 | / |
| Purget | 73 | 38 | / |
| Purghe | 73 | 17 | / |
| Purgis | 73 | 5 | / |
| Purgit | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pourga | 73 | 4 | / |
| Porgoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Porgey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Porgay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Purnge | 73 | 1 | / |
| Purghè | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pirgoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Purgha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Purges | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pourghaya | 71 | 79 | / |
| Purt | 67 | 341 | / |
| Puringi | 67 | 168 | / |
| Purgett | 67 | 86 | / |
| Pourghi | 67 | 71 | / |
| Purgues | 67 | 58 | / |
| Purč | 67 | 40 | / |
| Pourger | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pourget | 67 | 12 | / |
| Purd | 67 | 10 | / |
| Purgess | 67 | 9 | / |
| Purgitt | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pourgha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Purguer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Piergey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pourgit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pourgis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pourgeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Purć | 67 | 1 | / |
| Purgich | 67 | 1 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Purgy
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis